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sample distribution vs representative sample

representative sample vs sample distribution

sample distribution and representative sample both are nouns.

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

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