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random sampling

–noun Statistics.
a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.

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1895–1900
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random sample

noun
1. a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected 
2. a sample grabbed at random 
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