random sampling

noun

, Statistics.

1. a method of selecting a sample random sample from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.

Word History and Origins

Origin of random sampling¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The sample was drawn from a combination of voter-registration-based sampling and random sampling of Virginia phone numbers.

From 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.

From 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.

From ProPublica

All polls have random sampling error, inherent in relying on a sample of the population.

From Washington Post

More than any other system, random sampling gives you “an exact portrait of the people at large.”

From The Daily Beast

Sortition rests on two rather unique properties of random sampling.

From The Daily Beast

Belle and I want to make a fast, random-sampling check of Primes and Ops around here.

From Project Gutenberg