Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for sampling distribution. Search instead for lump-sum+distribution.

sampling distribution

American  

noun

  1. the distribution of a statistic based on all possible random samples that can be drawn from a given population.

sampling distribution Scientific  
/ săm′plĭng /

  1. The distribution of a statistic, such as occurs when a number of sample means are calculated for a given population.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The Central Limit Theorem provides more than the proof that the sampling distribution of means is normally distributed.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The theoretical sampling distribution contains all of the sample mean values from all the possible samples that could have been taken from the population.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

A confidence interval for a population mean with a known standard deviation is based on the fact that the sampling distribution of the sample means follow an approximately normal distribution.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

We have already inserted this conclusion of the Central Limit Theorem into the formula we use for standardizing from the sampling distribution to the standard normal distribution.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

In the center of Figure 9.2 is a normally distributed sampling distribution marked H0.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.