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RANDOM SAMPLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("random sample" is a kind of...):
sample (a small part of something intended as representative of the whole)
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("random sample" is a kind of...):
sample; sample distribution; sampling (items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population)
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)