Valimijuhend määratleb reeglid, mis täpsustavad, kuidas tuleb arvutada valimi maht, ja mis sisaldavad ka teavet kontrollikarakteristiku hindamise kohta tulemuste salvestamiseks (omistav, muutuv, manuaalne jne).
An sampling instruction defines the rules that specify how the system calculates the sample size and it contains information about the valuation of an inspection characteristic during results recording (attributive, variable, manual, etc.).