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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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Summary

sampling ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,988 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: statistical method[2], designation[3], activity[4], selection[5]
  • Part of: research method[6]
  • Commons category: Sampling (statistics)[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sampling (statistics)[8]
  • Described by source: ISO 3534-2:2006(en) Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 2: Applied statistics[9]
  • Has effect: sample[10]
  • Different from: sample[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[13]
  • P14541: 3CskjW[14]

Why It Matters

sampling has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] sampling is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Christos Karras

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX525595
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX525595"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3CskjW
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005230-statisticky-vyber
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005230-statisticky-vyber, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 00162708-n, 06036061-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 */ Yso id: 12939, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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