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5 +11 | select is fine |
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select is fine Explanation: And randomly selected is a very common, and accepted phrase for exactly this type of use. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2014-01-09 20:41:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Suppose the sediment density (g/cm^3) of a randomly selected specimen from a certain region is normally distributed with mean 2.65 and standard deviation .85 (suggested in "Modeling Sediment and Water Column Interactions for Hydrophobic pollutants," Water Research, 1984, pp. 1169-117 http://users.humboldt.edu/beth.eschenbach/engr323/hw/CH5/5-5... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2014-01-09 20:43:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- What is the probability of a randomly selected individual being a male who smokes? This is just a joint probability. The number of "Male and Smoke" divided by the total = 19/100 = 0.19 https://people.richland.edu/james/lecture/m170/ch05-cnd.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2014-01-09 20:45:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Aust J Physiother. 2003;49(4):233-41. Efficacy of "therapist-selected" versus "randomly selected" mobilisation techniques for the treatment of low back pain: a randomised controlled trial. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14632622 |
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