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sampling vs representative sample

representative sample vs sampling

sampling and representative sample both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sampling Yes No No No
representative sample Yes No No No
As nouns, representative sample is a hyponym of sampling; that is, representative 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
  • representative sample: the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum
sampling (noun) representative sample (noun)
(statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum
measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
Difference between sampling and representative sample

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