To use a different example from copyright, where would modern music be if sampling was illegal?

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If no sampling were used, the likely undercount would be around 1.9%.

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If it used these sampling methods, the Census Bureau says, there is a 90% chance that its estimate of America's population would be within 0.1% of the true number.

ECONOMIST: Statistics

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Some research suggests that the miscarriage rate following chorionic villus sampling may be as high as 2%, the researchers said, which, if true, would raise that toll closer to 600.

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However, the researchers said that despite a lower number of invasive tests, the heavier reliance of this method on chorionic villus sampling earlier in pregnancy could actually mean an increase in the number of healthy babies lost if the miscarriage rate using this method was closer to 2%.

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Although there are likely several reasons for this, and the sampling size might not qualify this as a statistically significant result, I would offer that if you approach a game with the idea of how to work around the rules of the game in increase your odds of winning while your opponents are simply following the rules, your chances of winning will dramatically improve.

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