Definition

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The process of selecting items from a group to stand for the group as a whole. Sampling techniques include exemplary sampling, exceptional sampling, illustrative sampling, and systematic sampling. 

Introduction

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Sampling is a form of archival appraisal.

Systematic sampling is a technique of selecting items from a group based on some formal characteristic, without regard to the content of the items. Characteristics can include alphabetical, numerical, or chronological order.

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