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Definition of sampling

(statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

Similar Words: sample distribution, sample

Hyponyms: random sampling, stratified sampling, representative sampling, proportional sampling, acceptance sampling, random sample, stratified sample, representative sample, proportional sample

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