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Sample

A group of items, test results or portions of material, taken from a large collection of items, test results or portions of material, that serves to provide information that may be used as a basis for making a decision concerning the larger collection.

Committee

Trace Materials

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ANSI/ASTM E456-13A(2017)E1 Standard Terminology Relating to Quality and Statistics. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2017. Source link

Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org