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SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
Synonyms:
sample; sample distribution; sampling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sample distribution" is a kind of...):
distribution; statistical distribution ((statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence)
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sample distribution"):
acceptance sampling (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)
random sample (a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected)
proportional sample; representative sample; stratified sample (the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum)
