Sample or samples may refer to:
Base meaning
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Sample (statistics)
In statistics, quality assurance, and survey methodology, sampling is the selection of a subset (a statistical sample) of individuals from within a statistical population to estimate characteristics of the whole population. Statisticians attem ...
, a subset of a population – complete data set
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Sample (signal)
In signal processing, sampling is the reduction of a continuous-time signal to a discrete-time signal. A common example is the conversion of a sound wave to a sequence of "samples".
A sample is a value of the signal at a point in time and/or ...
, a digital discrete sample of a continuous analog signal
* Sample (material), a specimen or small quantity of something
* Sample (graphics), an intersection of a color channel and a pixel
* SAMPLE history, a mnemonic acronym for questions medical first responders should ask
* Product sample, a sample of a consumer product that is given to the consumer so that he or she may try a product before committing to a purchase
* Standard cross-cultural sample, a sample of 186 cultures, used by scholars engaged in cross-cultural studies
People
*Sample (surname)
*Samples (surname)
* Junior Samples (1926–1983), American comedian
Places
* Sample, Kentucky, unincorporated community, United States
* Sampleville, Ohio, unincorporated community, United States
* Hugh W. and Sarah Sample House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa, United States
Music
* Sample (music), to reuse a portion of a sound recording in another recording, or the portion reused
* Sample (Sakanaction song), "Sample" (Sakanaction song)
* "Sample", a song by No-Man from ''Flowermix''
* The Samples, a band from Boulder, Colorado
Other uses
* USS Sample (FF-1048), USS ''Sample'' (FF-1048), a frigate in the U.S. Navy
* The Sample, a defunct department store in Buffalo, New York, U.S.
See also
* Sampler (disambiguation)
* Sampling (disambiguation)
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