Census vs. Sampling

Censusnoun

An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.

Censusnoun

Count, tally.

Censusverb

To collect a census.

Censusnoun

A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; - usually made once in five years.

Censusnoun

An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country.

Censusnoun

a period count of the population

Censusverb

conduct a census;

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically calculating, acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include the census of agriculture, and other censuses such as the traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses.

Samplingnoun

The process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.

Samplingnoun

A sample.

Samplingnoun

(statistics) The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.

Samplingnoun

(signal processing) The measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.

Samplingnoun

(music) Electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance music.

Samplingnoun

(statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study

Samplingnoun

items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

Samplingnoun

measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)