elements of sampling theory
1Sampling (statistics) — Sampling is that part of statistical practice concerned with the selection of individual observations intended to yield some knowledge about a population of concern, especially for the purposes of statistical inference. Each observation measures… …
2sampling — /sam pling, sahm /, n. 1. the act or process of selecting a sample for testing, analyzing, etc. 2. the sample so selected. [1630 40; SAMPLE + ING1] * * * ▪ statistics in statistics, a process or method of drawing a representative group of… …
3Sampling design — In the theory of finite population sampling, a sampling design specifies for every possible sample its probability of being drawn.Mathematically, a sampling design is denoted by the function P(S) which gives the probability of drawing a sample S …
4Sampling (music) — This article is about reusing existing sound recordings in creating new works. For other uses, see Sample (disambiguation). In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a… …
5Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem — Fig.1: Hypothetical spectrum of a bandlimited signal as a function of frequency The Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem, after Harry Nyquist and Claude Shannon, is a fundamental result in the field of information theory, in particular… …
6Grounded theory — (GT) is a systematic methodology in the social sciences involving the generation of theory from data.[1] It is mainly used in qualitative research, but is also applicable to quantitative data.[2] Grounded theory is a research method, which… …
7Pattern theory — Pattern theory, formulated by Ulf Grenander, is a mathematical formalism to describe knowledge of the world as patterns. It differs from other approaches to artificial intelligence in that it does not begin by prescribing algorithms and machinery …
8Grounded theory (Strauss) — Grounded theory is either of two different paradigms in sociological work. After common beginnings ( The Discovery of Grounded Theory , Glaser Strauss, 1967), two different methodologies emerged. This article deals with grounded theory in the… …
9learning theory — ▪ psychology Introduction any of the proposals put forth to explain changes in behaviour produced by practice, as opposed to other factors, e.g., physiological development. A common goal in defining any psychological (psychology)… …
10Communication theory — is a field of information and mathematics that studies the technical process of information[1] and the human process of human communication.[2] Contents 1 History 1.1 Origins …
