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symbols

Number of replications in the sample set

## Specification

Alias: none

Argument(s): INTEGER

Default: default for sampling algorithm

## Description

`symbols` is related to the number of levels per variable in the sample set (a larger number of symbols equates to more stratification and fewer replications). For example, if symbols = 7, each variable would be divided into seven levels.