methods
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: random sampling

random sampling
type: Concept
broader: sampling
definition: Random sampling refers to SURVEY sampling designs that meet the criteria necessary to permit the use of randomization-based methods of STATISTICAL INFERENCE. The term probability sampling is synonymous. The defining characteristics of a random sampling design are the following: 1. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods; Random Sampling]

sampling
type: Concept
narrower: random sampling