Sampling bias

Quality:

Sampling bias - bias in which a sample is collected in such a way that some members of the intended population are less likely to be included than others. Article "Sampling bias" in English Wikipedia has 43.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 22 references and 10 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "Sampling bias" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Sampling bias", its content was written by 194 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 375 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 549 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1606 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #10548 in October 2002
  • Global: #12817 in February 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #55547 in October 2014
  • Global: #87208 in October 2014

There are 20 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Sampling bias
43.6525
2Ukrainian (uk)
Упередження вибірки
34.2572
3Catalan (ca)
Mostra esbiaixada
31.218
4Russian (ru)
Смещение выборки
29.5138
5Dutch (nl)
Selectief winkelen
26.6184
6Hindi (hi)
प्रतिचयन अभिनति
25.4753
7Arabic (ar)
انحياز استعياني
21.2104
8Polish (pl)
Obciążenie próby
20.0025
9Persian (fa)
سوگیری نمونه‌گیری
19.2469
10Serbian (sr)
Pristrasnost uzorkovanja
18.0078
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Sampling bias" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sampling bias
2 122 341
2Spanish (es)
Sesgo muestral
274 993
3French (fr)
Échantillon biaisé
84 934
4Dutch (nl)
Selectief winkelen
72 278
5Chinese (zh)
偏差樣本
48 293
6Portuguese (pt)
Amostra enviesada
15 715
7Finnish (fi)
Vinoutunut otos
13 812
8Hebrew (he)
דגימה מוטה
12 423
9Catalan (ca)
Mostra esbiaixada
11 012
10Arabic (ar)
انحياز استعياني
8 107
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Sampling bias" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sampling bias
5 287
2Chinese (zh)
偏差樣本
266
3Dutch (nl)
Selectief winkelen
209
4French (fr)
Échantillon biaisé
168
5Russian (ru)
Смещение выборки
158
6Spanish (es)
Sesgo muestral
121
7Finnish (fi)
Vinoutunut otos
100
8Portuguese (pt)
Amostra enviesada
92
9Italian (it)
Bias di campionamento
64
10Hebrew (he)
דגימה מוטה
33
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Sampling bias" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Sampling bias
194
2French (fr)
Échantillon biaisé
37
3Dutch (nl)
Selectief winkelen
21
4Spanish (es)
Sesgo muestral
19
5Finnish (fi)
Vinoutunut otos
16
6Hebrew (he)
דגימה מוטה
15
7Italian (it)
Bias di campionamento
10
8Portuguese (pt)
Amostra enviesada
10
9Arabic (ar)
انحياز استعياني
9
10Chinese (zh)
偏差樣本
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Sampling bias" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Sampling bias
1
2Italian (it)
Bias di campionamento
1
3Arabic (ar)
انحياز استعياني
0
4Catalan (ca)
Mostra esbiaixada
0
5Spanish (es)
Sesgo muestral
0
6Persian (fa)
سوگیری نمونه‌گیری
0
7Finnish (fi)
Vinoutunut otos
0
8French (fr)
Échantillon biaisé
0
9Galician (gl)
Mostraxe polarizada
0
10Hebrew (he)
דגימה מוטה
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Sampling bias" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Sampling bias
549
2Arabic (ar)
انحياز استعياني
240
3Chinese (zh)
偏差樣本
194
4Ukrainian (uk)
Упередження вибірки
186
5French (fr)
Échantillon biaisé
91
6Persian (fa)
سوگیری نمونه‌گیری
72
7Serbian (sr)
Pristrasnost uzorkovanja
63
8Hebrew (he)
דגימה מוטה
60
9Catalan (ca)
Mostra esbiaixada
33
10Spanish (es)
Sesgo muestral
31
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
انحياز استعياني
caCatalan
Mostra esbiaixada
enEnglish
Sampling bias
esSpanish
Sesgo muestral
faPersian
سوگیری نمونه‌گیری
fiFinnish
Vinoutunut otos
frFrench
Échantillon biaisé
glGalician
Mostraxe polarizada
heHebrew
דגימה מוטה
hiHindi
प्रतिचयन अभिनति
idIndonesian
Bias pengambilan sampel
itItalian
Bias di campionamento
nlDutch
Selectief winkelen
plPolish
Obciążenie próby
ptPortuguese
Amostra enviesada
roRomanian
Eșantion părtinitor
ruRussian
Смещение выборки
srSerbian
Pristrasnost uzorkovanja
ukUkrainian
Упередження вибірки
zhChinese
偏差樣本

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#55547
10.2014
Global:
#87208
10.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#10548
10.2002
Global:
#12817
02.2002

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Sampling bias from Wikipedia articles about Survivorship bias, Visual snow, Berksons paradox, Gaëtan Dugas and Selection bias. Whereas reading the article about Sampling bias people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Selection bias, Bias, Inclusion probability, Survivorship bias and Spotlight effect.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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