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Sample function

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sample pathnoun(statistics) Any set of possible values to which the appropriate random variables determined by a stochastic process might map a given point in the sample space, taken over all values of the index space (often regarded as time).
samplingnounThe process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.
estimatornounA person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
cross sectionnounA section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.
sample pointnoun(probability theory) A point in the sample space representing some concrete non-decomposable result of an individual experiment.
parameternounA value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
random functionnoun(computing) A function that returns a random or pseudo-random value that is distributed according to a specific probability distribution associated with the function.
rejection samplingnoun(computational statistics, numerical analysis) A technique used to generate observations from a distribution by repeatedly sampling an approximation function that bounds the distribution everywhere from above and rejecting the samples based on the quotient of the two functions at the sample's location.
statisticnounA quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
set functionnoun(computer science) A mathematical function whose input is a set (usually of real numbers or a set of points in the Euclidean or some measure space), and whose output is usually a number.
universenounThe sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.
studentizationnounSynonym of studentification.
pseudopopulationnoun(statistics) A subset of a population used in simulations
eventnounAn occurrence; something that happens.
pseudosamplingnounThe selection of a pseudosample
random variablenoun(statistics, loosely) A quantity whose value is random and to which a probability distribution is assigned, such as the possible outcome of a roll of a dice.
populationnounThe people living within a political or geographical boundary.
statistical inferencenoun(statistics) The drawing of conclusions about a population from a random sample drawn from it, or, more generally, about a random process from its observed behavior during a finite period of time.
subdistributionnoun(statistics, countable) A subset of a distribution.
step functionnoun(mathematics) A function from the real line to a finite subset of the real line.

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