stratified sampling
representative sampling
proportional sampling | the population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum |
| worker | sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae |
| worker bee | sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive |
example
illustration instance
representative | an item of information that is typical of a class or group, this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome, there is an example on page |
stratified sample
representative sample
proportional sample | the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum |
United States Trade Representative
US Trade Representative | the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade |
| worker | a person who works at a specific occupation, he is a good worker |
account executive
account representative
registered representative
customer's broker
customer's man | someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business |
actor doer
worker | a person who acts and gets things done, he's a principal actor in this affair, when you want something done get a doer, he's a miracle worker |
almoner
medical social worker | an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients |
brainworker
brain-worker | someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems |
civil rights leader
civil rights worker
civil rights activist | a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups |
colleague
co-worker
fellow worker
workfellow | an associate that one works with |
congressman
congresswoman
representative | a member of the United States House of Representatives |
construction worker
hard hat | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |
farmhand
fieldhand
field hand
farm worker | a hired hand on a farm |
garmentmaker
garment-worker
garment worker | a person who makes garments |
goldsmith
goldworker
gold-worker | an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold |
guest worker
guestworker | a person with temporary permission to work in another country, a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists |
| legal representative | a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will) |
| line worker | an employee who works on an assembly line |
mill-hand
factory worker | a workman in a mill or factory |
miracle man
miracle worker | a person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles |
| personal representative | a person who manages the affairs of another |
power worker
power-station worker | a worker at a power station |
proletarian
prole
worker | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed), workers of the world--unite! |
| representative | a person who represents others |
research worker
researcher
investigator | a scientist who devotes himself to doing research |
salesperson
sales representative
sales rep | a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) |
seasonal worker
seasonal | a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons |
silversmith
silverworker
silver-worker | someone who makes or repairs articles of silver |
skilled worker
trained worker
skilled workman | a worker who has acquired special skills |
slave striver
hard worker | someone who works as hard as a slave |
social worker
caseworker
welfare worker | someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) |
spokesperson
interpreter
representative voice | an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose, the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government |
stevedore
loader
longshoreman
docker
dockhand
dock worker
dockworker
dock-walloper
lumper | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
temp
temporary
temporary worker | a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis |
| union representative | a representative for a labor union |
volunteer
unpaid worker | a person who performs voluntary work |
| representative | being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives, representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people |
| representative | standing for something else, the bald eagle is representative of the United States |
| representative | serving to represent or typify, representative moviegoers, a representative modern play |