Meanings
nounrandom sample (plural random samples)
plural random samples
- mathematicsA sample randomly taken from an investigated population.
Translations
Catalan mostra aleatòria
- mostra aleatòriasample
Chinese Mandarin 隨機抽樣 /随机抽样
- 隨機抽樣 /随机抽样 (suíjī chōuyàng)sample
Czech náhodný výběr
- náhodný výběrsample
Dutch aselecte steekproef
- aselecte steekproefsample
Finnish satunnaisotos
- satunnaisotossample
French échantillon aléatoire
- échantillon aléatoiresample
German Zufallsstichprobe
- Zufallsstichprobesample
Greek τυχαίο δείγμα
- τυχαίο δείγμα (tychaío deígma)sample
Indonesian percontoh acak, sampel acak
- percontoh acaksample
- sampel acaksample
Italian campione aleatorio
- campione aleatoriosample
Japanese 確率標本
- 確率標本 (kakuritsuhyōhon)sample
Polish próbka losowa
- próbka losowasample
Portuguese amostra aleatória
- amostra aleatóriasample
Spanish muestra aleatoria
- muestra aleatoriasample
Swedish slumpmässigt urval
- slumpmässigt urvalsample
Tagalog alisagang halimbagay
- alisagang halimbagaysample
Vietnamese mẫu ngẫu nhiên
- mẫu ngẫu nhiênsample
Welsh hapsampl
- hapsamplsample
Cite this entry
APA
random sample. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/random%20sample
MLA
“random sample.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/random%20sample. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “random sample,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/random%20sample.
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