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representative sample vs sample distribution

sample distribution vs representative sample

representative sample and sample distribution both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
representative sample Yes No No No
sample distribution Yes No No No
As nouns, sample distribution is a hypernym of representative sample; that is, sample distribution is a word with a broader meaning than representative sample:
  • representative sample: the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum
  • sample distribution: items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
Other hypernyms of representative sample include sample, sampling.
representative sample (noun) sample distribution (noun)
the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
Difference between representative sample and sample distribution

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