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Sampling vs Specimen - What's the difference?

sampling | specimen |

As nouns the difference between sampling and specimen

is that sampling is the process or technique of obtaining a representative sample while specimen is specimen.

As a verb sampling

is .

sampling

English

(wikipedia sampling)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • the process or technique of obtaining a representative sample
  • a sample
  • (statistics) the analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random
  • (signal processing) the measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form
  • (music) a technique for electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition

    • Derived terms

    * sampling rate * sampling frequency

    Anagrams

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    specimen

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
    • early specimens of the art of Picasso
  • A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
  • An eligible man.
    • Examples:

    Related terms

    * species