Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sampling error

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: sam-pling er-ror
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole population.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

sampling errors (plural)

Questions

What does sampling error mean?: The error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole population.

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