sampling statistic

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noun

any function of observed data, esp one used to estimate the corresponding parameter of the underlying distribution, such as the sample mean, sample variance, etcCompare estimator, parameter

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How to use sampling statistic in a sentence

Breaking the will of ISIS, the military argues, is not a statistic.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That statistic is based on a survey that includes attempted forced kissing as sexual assault.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec. 7|PunditFact.com|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The new headline number for American wine drinking is, for example, easily turned into another misleading statistic.
Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative National Review, called that statistic “bogus.”
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec. 7|PunditFact.com|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The “one in five” statistic is frequently cited by advocates of sexual assault awareness.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec. 7|PunditFact.com|December 7, 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
How many never know how close they come to making their mistake, or being a statistic in somebody else's?
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
This Extract will make a convenient statistic reference for matters concerning Liberia.
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States|Martin R. Delany
Jimmy says the pig just turned on its heel and walked round the garden sampling things and inquiring into them.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.|Various
In other words, he went over the same ground again with a sampling-pick and a bundle of canvas bags.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White