SAMPLING
Dictionary entry overview: What does sampling mean?
• SAMPLING (noun)
The noun SAMPLING has 3 senses:
1. (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
2. items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
3. measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
Familiarity information: SAMPLING used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SAMPLING (noun)
Meaning:
(statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sampling" is a kind of...):
choice; option; pick; selection (the act of choosing or selecting)
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 "sampling"):
random sampling (the selection of a random sample; each element of the population has an equal chance of been selected)
proportional sampling; representative sampling; stratified sampling (the population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum)
Meaning:
Items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
sample distribution; sample; sampling
Hypernyms ("sampling" 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 "sampling"):
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)
Meaning:
Measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sampling" is a kind of...):
measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)
Domain category:
telecom; telecommunication ((often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically)
