acceptance sampling

Definitions of acceptance sampling
  1. noun
    a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents; involves determining the maximum number of defects discovered in a sample before the entire batch is rejected
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    type of:
    quality control
    maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods
    sample, sample distribution, sampling
    items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
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