"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 attempt to collect samples that are representative of the population in question."

Source: Wikipedia contributors. (2022, August 24). Sampling. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Online: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(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 attempt to collect samples that are representative of the population in question."

Source: Wikipedia contributors. (2022, August 24). Sampling. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Online: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(statistics)