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noun Statistics.

a method of selecting a sample (random sample ) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.

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Origin of random sampling

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby random sampling

randomly, random number, random number generator, random numbers, random rubble, random sampling, random variable, random walk, random walk theory, R and R, Randwick

How to use random sampling in a sentence

The sample was drawn from a combination of voter-registration-based sampling and random sampling of Virginia phone numbers.
Most Virginia voters support vaccine mandates for workers, teachers and high school athletes, Post-Schar School poll finds|Emily Guskin|September 23, 2021|Washington Post
Their paper caught the eye of Chen, then a statistics graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, who was studying the mixing rates of random sampling methods.
Statistics Postdoc Tames Decades-Old Geometry Problem|Erica Klarreich|March 1, 2021|Quanta Magazine
We accounted for this by reviewing results by hand to rule out false positives and by estimating our false negative rate using random sampling.
How We Found Pricey Provisions in New Jersey Police Contracts|by Agnes Chang, Jeff Kao and Agnel Philip, ProPublica, and Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press|February 8, 2021|ProPublica
All polls have random sampling error, inherent in relying on a sample of the population.
How polling works and how it’s changed since 2016|Scott Clement, Emily Guskin|October 29, 2020|Washington Post

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Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But by Wednesday evening there was little in the way of organized protests or random unrest in the area.
St. Louis Shooting Is the Anti-Ferguson|Justin Glawe|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He did not shout “God is great,” but his random act served the purposes of ISIS almost as well.
France’s Wave of Crazy-Terror Christmas Attacks|Christopher Dickey|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Random House is also covering the legal fees of an innocent man called Barry who was caught up in the storm.
The Right's Rape Trolls vs. Lena Dunham|Emily Shire|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Random House agreed that all future editions of the book will state that “Barry” was a pseudonym.
The Right's Rape Trolls vs. Lena Dunham|Emily Shire|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If old Piegan Smith hadn't been sampling the contents of that keg so industriously he would never have made a break.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Firing a random volley, those that lived turned and fled, pursued by the scouts.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
The blows stung, and Black Sheep struck back at random with all the power at his command.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
At random, I select four names from the printed list, and the new jurors file into the box.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
The spot where his random blow had struck still gleamed transparent jet.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa

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