UNIT 15  SAMPLING THE MARKET

　　GLOSSARY

　　absolutely  ad. completely 絕對(duì)地；完全地

　　allocation  n. the giving of shares 分配；配給

　　appreciably  ad. noticeably； enough to be fact， or considered important 可估計(jì)地；足以感到地

　　at random aimlessly  without any plan 無目的；無計(jì)劃

　　categorization  n. putting in a class or category  分類

　　category  n. kind； class； type 種類；類目

　　certainty  n. freedom of doubt  無疑問；確實(shí)

　　deviation  n. the difference （between a measure and the average of all the measures 偏差

　　diagonal  a. slanting 斜的

　　estimate  v. calculate； form an opinion as to the degree of sth. 估計(jì)；評(píng)價(jià)

　　extrapolate  v. guess from known facts 推知；推斷

　　fluke  n. a lucky accident 僥幸

　　freak  n. a living creature of unnatural form； a person with father strange habits or ideas  畸形的人

　　lopsided  a. having one side heavier or lower than the other； not balanced 傾斜的；不平衡的

　　observations  n. saying or writings about things noticed  觀察材料（或報(bào)告）

　　potential  a. existing in possibility 潛在的；有可能性的

　　probability  n. likelihood； the chance of an event happening 可能性

　　provided  conj. on condition that； if us  …為條件；假如

　　questionnaire  a piece of paper showing a set of questions to be answered 問題表；調(diào)查表

　　representative  a. typical 代表性的；典型的

　　rogue  n. a very dishonest person， esp. a man  流氓；無賴

　　sampling  n. calculating by taking and examining a small part representing the whole 取樣檢驗(yàn)

　　skew  a. not straight； sloping or twisted 斜的；歪的；偏的

　　stroke  n. a line made by a single movement of a pen or brush in writing 一筆；一劃

　　subspanision  smaller group or class produced by further spaniding 由