stratified sampling
representative sampling
proportional sampling | the population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum |
government
governing
governance
government activity
administration | the act of governing, exercising authority, regulations for the governing of state prisons, he had considerable experience of government |
| government building | a building that houses a branch of government |
| government office | an office where government employees work |
| government | (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed, tyrannical government |
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 |
politics
political science
government | the study of government of states and other political units |
government
authorities
regime | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit, the government reduced taxes, the matter was referred to higher authorities |
| federal government | a government with strong central powers |
| government-in-exile | a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated |
| local government | the government of a local area |
military government
stratocracy | government by the military and an army |
| government department | a department of government |
local department
department of local government | a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government |
federal department
federal office
department of the federal government | a department of the federal government of the United States |
United States Trade Representative
US Trade Representative | the executive agency that administers the President's policies on international trade |
United States House of Representatives
U.S. House of Representatives
US House of Representatives
House of Representatives
U.S. House
US House | the lower legislative house of the United States Congress |
Government Accounting Office
GAO
United States Government Accounting Office | an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States |
puppet government
puppet state
pupet regime | a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed |
| municipal government | the government of a municipality |
| state government | the government of a state in the United States |
board meeting
committee meeting | a meeting for administrative purposes |
blue ribbon commission
blue ribbon committee | an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue |
committee
commission | a special group delegated to consider some matter, a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours - Milton Berle |
| committee citizens committee | a selfonstituted organization to promote something |
| select committee | a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose |
| vigilance committee | a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist |
| welcoming committee | a committee to welcome new residents to a community |
| standing committee | a permanent committee |
| Ways and Means Committee | a permanent committee of the United States House of Representatives that makes recommendations to the US House on all bills that would raise revenue |
| steering committee | a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body |
ethics committee
ethics panel | a committee appointed to consider ethical issues |
| finance committee | a committee appointed to consider financial issues |
political action committee
PAC | committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates |
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 |
Security Intelligence Review Committee
SIRC | an agency of the Canadian government that oversees the activities of the Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada and has the power to intrude on the privacy of suspected terrorists or spies |
United States government
United States
U.S. government
US Government
U.S. | the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States |
United States Government Printing Office
US Government Printing Office
Government Printing Office
GPO | an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government |
government officials
officialdom | people elected or appointed to administer a government |
political system
form of government | the members of a social organization who are in power |
Committee for State Security
KGB
Soviet KGB | formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia |
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 |
| committee member | a member of a committee |
congressman
congresswoman
representative | a member of the United States House of Representatives |
| government agent | a representative or official of a government or administrative department of a government |
G-man
FBI agent
government man | a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| legal representative | a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will) |
| minister government minister | a person appointed to a high office in the government, Minister of Finance |
| personal representative | a person who manages the affairs of another |