HyperDic: random_sample

English > 2 senses of the expression random sample:
NOUNcognitionrandom samplea sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected
cognitionrandom samplea sample grabbed at random
English > random sample: 2 senses > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected.
CategorystatisticsA branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
Broadersample distribution, sample, samplingitems selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
English > random sample: 2 senses > noun 2, cognition
MeaningA sample grabbed at random.
CategorystatisticsA branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
BroadersampleA small part of something intended as representative of the whole / whole
Spanishmuestra aleatoria

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