causal agent cause causal agency | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results |
stratified sampling representative sampling proportional sampling | the population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum |
means agency way | how a result is obtained or an end is achieved, a means of control, an example is the best agency of instruction, the true way to success |
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 |
agency | a business that serves other businesses |
Environmental Protection Agency EPA | an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment |
executive agency | an agency of the executive branch of government |
Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA | an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities |
Central Intelligence Agency CIA | an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest, headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council |
United States Trade Representative US Trade Representative | the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA | the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense, responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since |
Drug Enforcement Administration Drug Enforcement Agency DEA | federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances, goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations |
Federal Aviation Agency FAA | an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation |
United Nations agency UN agency | an agency of the United Nations |
International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA | the United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy |
agency federal agency government agency bureau office authority | an administrative unit of government, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, Tennessee Valley Authority |
independent agency | an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments |
intelligence intelligence service intelligence agency | a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy |
military intelligence military intelligence agency | an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value |
United States intelligence agency | an intelligence service in the United States |
Defense Intelligence Agency DIA | an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense, is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition |
Defense Logistics Agency | a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense, provides worldwide support for military missions |
international intelligence agency | an intelligence agency outside the United States |
international law enforcement agency | an international administrative unit responsible for law enforcement |
National Security Agency NSA | the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information |
law enforcement agency | an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws |
regulatory agency regulatory authority | a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest |
advertising agency ad agency | an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients |
detective agency | an agency that makes inquiries for its clients |
employment agency employment office | an agency that finds people to fill particular jobs or finds jobs for unemployed people |
mercantile agency commercial agency | an organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firms, Dun & Bradstreet is the largest mercantile agency in the United States |
news agency press agency wire service press association news organization news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
service agency service bureau service firm | a business that makes its facilities available to others for a fee, achieves economy of scale |
travel agency | an agency that arranges personal travel |
Defense Information Systems Agency DISA | a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency NGA | a combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security |
child welfare agency child welfare service | an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children |
Russian agency | an administrative agency of the Russian government |
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 |
congressman congresswoman representative | a member of the United States House of Representatives |
legal representative | a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will) |
personal representative | a person who manages the affairs of another |
representative | a person who represents others |
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) |
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 |
union representative | a representative for a labor union |
government security agency security | a security issued by United States government agencies or the Farm Credit System |
representation delegacy agency | the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent |
free agency | (sports) the state of a professional athlete who is free to negotiate a contract to play for any team |