Applicants are selected for jobs on the results of a competitive examination.

竞聘者按遴选考试结果择优录用。

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Methods 696 community residents over 35 years old were selected by random cluster sampling, questionnaire, physical examination and blood glucose examination.

方法采用整群随机抽样的方法抽取696名35岁以上社区居民，开展问卷调查并进行体格检查及血糖检查。

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Methods: 209 cases who took health examination were selected, the method of differentiation of symptoms and signs based on symptom factors differentiation was adopted.

方法：选择209例健康体检者为研究对象，采用证素辨证方法以及红细胞、血红蛋白指标进行研究。

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According to the sources, PWC took pains to point out that its conclusions about Krung Thai Bank's credit and other practices were necessarily tentative because of the limited sample. (Citing confidentiality issues, PWC declined to speak to Asiaweek about the report.) The auditors recommended a detailed examination of 100 more randomly selected accounts, a suggestion that Mechai and his board approved in July.

CNN: Inside Krung Thai

Eight questions were selected from each decade, and were mixed up in the examination paper, so that students could not easily tell which decade they came from.

BBC: Past science papers stump pupils

"If your return is selected because of a high score under the DIF system, the potential is high that an examination of your return will result in a change to your income tax liability, " says an IRS publication that explains the auditing process.

WSJ: AP Exclusive: Likely tax cheats flock South, West