Sample

Definition

sample /'sɑ:mpl; US 'sæmpl/ n ၁။ (က) နမူနာ။ a sample of his handwriting ❍ a blood/urine sample ❍ samples of curtain material. (ခ) က်ပန္းေကာက္ထားေသာ စာရင္း။ The survey covers a representative sample of the population. ၂။ နမူနာလက္ေဆာင္။ give away free samples of a new perfume ❍ a sample pack/sachet. v ျမည္းသည္။ နမူနာေကာက္သည္။ sample the delights of Chinese cooking ❍ We sampled opinion among the workers (ie asked some of them) about changes in working methods.

Examples

1. [sample of] : I took home some samples of curtain fabrics.
2. We had to bring some samples of our work to the interview.
3. [free sample] : They gave me loads of free samples of their make-up.
4. A booklet that gives some sample examination questions
5. Tests were performed on hair and blood samples.
6. [a sample] : Researchers are taking samples of the air close to the factory.
7. After six weeks on the drug
8. over 60% of the sample showed some improvement.
9. The reliability of the results depends on the size of the sample.
10. [random sample] : The study took a random sample of 100 students from 3 schools.