random sample

1. 1.

   a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected

   Broadersample distribution

   statistics

2. 2.

   a sample grabbed at random

   Broadersample

   statistics

Questions about random sample

What does random sample mean?

random sample means "a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is random sample a common word?

random sample is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.