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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessobemuestrear
Native Script:sobremuestrear
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sobremuestrear
"Decidieron sobremuestrear a los votantes jóvenes para obtener datos más precisos."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To sample at a rate significantly higher than the Nyquist rate in signal processing, or to survey a larger or disproportionate number of respondents from a specific demographic group in statistics.
"To ensure accurate data for minority opinions, the pollsters decided to oversample younger voters in the district."
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A subset of a population that has been sampled at a higher rate than other subsets to allow for more detailed statistical analysis of that specific group.
"The researchers analyzed the oversample separately to understand the specific economic pressures faced by rural residents."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Formed in English by combining the prefix 'over-' (meaning excessive or beyond normal limits) with the verb 'sample' (derived from Middle English 'sampil', a variant of 'example'). The term gained prominence primarily in the mid-to-late 20th century within the fields of digital signal processing, statistics, and polling to describe the practice of taking more samples than strictly necessary or giving disproportionate representation to a specific subgroup.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Oversample" is said worldwide
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suréchantillonner
Transliteration: sürechantillonner
"Il est parfois nécessaire de suréchantillonner certaines populations minoritaires."
überstichproben
Transliteration: ueberstichproben
"Forscher neigen dazu, bestimmte demografische Gruppen zu überstichproben."
sovracampionare
Transliteration: sovracampionare
"Il sondaggio ha scelto di sovracampionare i residenti urbani."
sobemuestrear
Transliteration: sobremuestrear
Script: sobremuestrear
"Decidieron sobremuestrear a los votantes jóvenes para obtener datos más precisos."
sobreamostrar
Transliteration: sobreamostrar
"A pesquisa precisou sobreamostrar a população de baixa renda."
अधिक नमूना लेना
Transliteration: adhik namoona lena
"सर्वेक्षण में छोटे समुदायों का अधिक नमूना लिया गया।"
过采样
Transliteration: guò cǎiyàng
"为了分析少数群体，研究人员决定进行过采样。"
과다 표본 추출하다
Transliteration: gwada pyobon chuchulhada
"통계청은 특정 연령층을 과다 표본 추출하여 조사를 진행했다."
オーバーサンプリングする
Transliteration: ōbāsanpuringu suru
"正確なデータを得るために、特定の層をオーバーサンプリングします。"
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