15. The method of claim 9 , where creating the second merged subset further includes: obtaining a first weighting value and a second weighting value, the first weighting value and second weighting value identifying how samples, selected from the first selected samples and the third samples, are to be apportioned in the second merged subset; obtaining, from the first merged subset, the first selected samples based on the first weighting value; obtaining, from the third subset, the third samples based on the second weighting value; identifying the lowest reliability bits associated from among the first selected samples and the third samples; and selecting the second selected samples that correspond to the identified lowest reliability bits.
15. The method of claim 9 , where creating the second merged subset further includes: obtaining a first weighting value and a second weighting value, the first weighting value and second weighting value identifying how samples, selected from the first selected samples and the third samples, are to be apportioned in the second merged subset; obtaining, from the first merged subset, the first selected samples based on the first weighting value; obtaining, from the third subset, the third samples based on the second weighting value; identifying the lowest reliability bits associated from among the first selected samples and the third samples; and selecting the second selected samples that correspond to the identified lowest reliability bits. 16. The method of claim 15 , where the first weighting value is greater than the second weighting value, and where the first weighting value and the second weighting value create an equal probability that a sample, of the second selected samples, corresponds to the first one of the subsets, the second one of the subsets, or the third one of the subsets.