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Learn the distinctions between simple and stratified random sampling. Understand how researchers use these methods to accurately represent data populations.

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There is some overlap -- but they're fundamentally different. Java instrumentation will track each and every instance of a given metric. This can create performance issues. Java sampling involves ...