Selecting even a small number of individuals randomly from a large population allows you to say things about the whole population.

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As I wrote last week ( 6 Criteria for Selecting a CSR Consultant), the number of CSR consultants is skyrocketing but the demand for their services has diminished or at best flat-lined.

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It would have also led to a strong argument for selecting three former world number one men's doubles players from Indonesia, Rexy Mainaky, Flandy Limpele, and Eng Hian - all sparring partners for the English national squad, their country of domicile.

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Selecting a contact brings up the person's phone number, e-mail address and Facebook profile all in one screen.

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In short, the process of selecting host cities for various sporting events depends upon a number of factors that run the financial, logistical, and political gamut.

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The work, by Professor Brian Butterworth, has shown that dyscalculic children are troubled by even the simplest numerical tasks such as selecting the larger of two numbers or counting the number of objects in a display.

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