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sampling vs random sample

random sample vs sampling

sampling and random sample both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sampling Yes No No No
random sample Yes No No No
As nouns, random sample is a hyponym of sampling; that is, random sample is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sampling:
  • sampling: items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
  • random sample: a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected
sampling (noun) random sample (noun)
(statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study a sample grabbed at random
measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form) a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
Difference between sampling and random sample

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