Definition of Random sample

1. Noun. A sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected.

Category relationships: Statistics
Generic synonyms: Sample, Sample Distribution, Sampling

2. Noun. A sample grabbed at random.
Generic synonyms: Sample
Category relationships: Statistics

Definition of Random sample

1. Noun. (statistics) A sample randomly taken from an investigated population. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Random sample

1. A group selected randomly, solely by chance. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Random Sample

random allocation
random amplification of polymorphic DNA
random amplified polymorphic DNA technique
random coil
random function
random functions
random mating equilibrium
random mechanism
random memory
random number
random number generator
random number generators
random numbers
random pattern flap
random sample (current term)
random samples
random sampling
random seed
random sequence
random variable
random variables
random walk
random walker
random waves
randomer
randomers
randomest
randomicity
randominity

Literary usage of Random sample

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"In those beginning division the range is from 156 to 204 microns; in the random sample it is from 148 to 240 microns. 3. The longest specimens beginning ..."

2. Acquiring Copyright Permission to Digitize and Provide Open Access to Books by Denise Troll Covey (2005)
"The random sample Feasibility Study Between 1999 and 2001, the Carnegie Mellon ... We consulted a statistician on campus to ensure that the random sample of ..."

3. Health Consequences of Smoking: Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"Reports of the smoking results for this trial have included comparisons of the results for the 5 percent random sample in the intervention group with the ..."

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