This explains how the BSC's Profiling Administrator Samples, Profile Classes, Strata and Super Strata are defined, how Sample Participants are selected and what checks should be made on selected participants.

<div data-id="this-guidance-note-covers" style="text-align:left">This guidance note covers:</div>

<div data-id="1" style="text-align:left">1. What are the <u class='defined-term'>Profile Class</u>es?</div>

<div data-id="what-is-the-difference-between-mpan-and-msid" style="text-align:left">What is the difference between MPAN and <u class='defined-term'>MSID</u>?</div>

<div data-id="2" style="text-align:left">2. What are the PrA Sample Structures?</div>

<div data-id="3" style="text-align:left">3. What are the Super Strata?</div>

<div data-id="4" style="text-align:left">4. What are the Obligations on <u class='defined-term'>Supplier</u>s?</div>

<div data-id="5" style="text-align:left">5. What do Sample Participant Requests look like?</div>

<div data-id="6-6.1" style="text-align:left">6.1 Sampling Constraints</div>

<div data-id="6-6.2" style="text-align:left">6.2 <u class='defined-term'>Customer</u>s that Cannot Participate in the Sample</div>

<div data-id="6-6.3" style="text-align:left">6.3 Other Considerations</div>

<div data-id="6" style="text-align:left">6. What are the Sampling Constraints and Considerations?</div>

<div data-id="7-7.1" style="text-align:left">7.1 Suggested Approach: <u class='defined-term'>Stag</u>e 1 – Defining a Sampling Fraction</div>

<div data-id="7-7.2" style="text-align:left">7.2 Suggested Approach: <u class='defined-term'>Stag</u>e 2 – Selecting <u class='defined-term'>Customer</u>s from Strata</div>

<div data-id="7" style="text-align:left">7. How do I select a Sample?</div>

<div data-id="8" style="text-align:left">8. What checks should I make on Selected <u class='defined-term'>Customer</u>s?</div>

<div data-id="9" style="text-align:left">9. Can I select more than the requested number of Sample Participants?</div>

<div data-id="appendix-a--full-list-of-strata" style="text-align:left">Appendix A – Full List of Strata</div>

<div data-id="need-more-information" style="text-align:left">Need more information?</div>

<div data-id="10" style="text-align:left"><span lang="en-GB"><b>10. How do I respond to the Sampling Request from the PrA</b></span><span>?</span></div>

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Profiling Samples and Candidate Selection V6.0