# sampling error

> in statistics, error that occurs solely as a result of using a sample from a population, rather than the whole population

**Wikidata**: [Q3306280](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3306280)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_error)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/sampling-error


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. Quora
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)