quota sampling

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marketing a method of conducting marketing research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc

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Words nearby quota sampling

quorum sensing, quot., quota, quotable, quota-hopping, quota sampling, quota system, quotation, quotation mark, quotation marks, quote

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How to use quota sampling in a sentence

Starting in the 1970s, then MPAA president Jack Valenti began what was to become a decades-long fight against the quota system.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In response to the screen quota cut, South Korea established a “cinema tax” on the box office.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite the financial remedy, partial repeal of the screen quota has imperiled the domestic market.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Supported by Washington, the domestic quota was cut from 90 days to 30.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I am fighting that quota because I am an advocate of competition.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If old Piegan Smith hadn't been sampling the contents of that keg so industriously he would never have made a break.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Jimmy says the pig just turned on its heel and walked round the garden sampling things and inquiring into them.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.|Various
But we could not, because, once we had given a fair quota to the left, there was not enough stuff in our lockers for the right.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2|Ian Hamilton
In other words, he went over the same ground again with a sampling-pick and a bundle of canvas bags.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White
Every pantry, turkey-roost, and hog-pen in the dear old State was called upon to furnish its quota for the feast.
Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. Regiment|John A. Sloan