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sampling

in statistics and (including qualitative) research, a term for the selection of data points from a larger population
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sampling

Summary

sampling ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sampling is a type of statistical method[2].
  • sampling is a type of designation[3].
  • sampling is a type of activity[4].
  • sampling is part of research method[5].
  • sampling's Commons category is recorded as Sampling (statistics)[6].
  • sampling's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sampling (statistics)[7].
  • sampling's described by source is recorded as ISO 3534-2:2006(en) Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 2: Applied statistics[8].
  • sampling's described by source is recorded as ISO 3534-2:2006(en) Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 2: Applied statistics[9].
  • sampling's has effect is recorded as sample[10].
  • sampling's different from is recorded as sample[11].
  • sampling's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].
  • sampling's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include statistical method[2], designation[3], and activity[4].

Use and Application

sampling is part of research method[5].

Why It Matters

sampling ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month).[1] sampling has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] sampling is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Christos Karras

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 00162708-n
    Has effect → sample
    Isocat id → 4557
    Different from → sample
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12939, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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