Sampling (statistics)

Quality:

Sampling - in statistics and (including qualitative) research, a term for the selection of data points from a larger population. Article “Sampling (statistics)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 21.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 5 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Sampling (statistics)”, its content was written by 13 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1047 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 113 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3512 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #157 in August 2013
• Global: #826 in March 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #3765 in March 2015
• Global: #4507 in September 2011

There are 33 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, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

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

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Sampling (statistics)		62.1263
2	Chinese (zh) 抽樣		46.1788
3	Basque (eu) Laginketa (estatistika)		36.5405
4	Turkish (tr) Örnekleme (istatistik)		32.1865
5	Latin (la) Selectio exemplorum		28.8159
6	Croatian (hr) Uzorak (statistika)		26.7546
7	Czech (cs) Výběr (statistika)		24.5872
8	Polish (pl) Dobór próby		24.3904
9	Arabic (ar) اعتيان		24.2772
10	Catalan (ca) Mostratge (estadística)		23.0639

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sampling (statistics)		14 779 830
2	Spanish (es) Muestreo (estadística)		6 008 939
3	Polish (pl) Dobór próby		518 756
4	Chinese (zh) 抽樣		441 098
5	Japanese (ja) 標本調査		356 364
6	Hindi (hi) प्रतिचयन		321 743
7	Italian (it) Campionamento casuale		159 625
8	Russian (ru) Семплирование (математическая статистика)		118 730
9	Hungarian (hu) Statisztikai mintavétel		100 151
10	Dutch (nl) Aselecte steekproef		81 295

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Sampling (statistics)		6 533
2	Spanish (es) Muestreo (estadística)		570
3	Chinese (zh) 抽樣		500
4	French (fr) Échantillonnage (statistiques)		294
5	Polish (pl) Dobór próby		287
6	Japanese (ja) 標本調査		277
7	Hindi (hi) प्रतिचयन		157
8	Russian (ru) Семплирование (математическая статистика)		132
9	Turkish (tr) Örnekleme (istatistik)		108
10	Hungarian (hu) Statisztikai mintavétel		78

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sampling (statistics)		559
2	Spanish (es) Muestreo (estadística)		129
3	Turkish (tr) Örnekleme (istatistik)		39
4	Japanese (ja) 標本調査		32
5	Italian (it) Campionamento casuale		29
6	Russian (ru) Семплирование (математическая статистика)		28
7	Polish (pl) Dobór próby		24
8	Chinese (zh) 抽樣		17
9	Catalan (ca) Mostratge (estadística)		14
10	Simple English (simple) Sampling (statistics)		13

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Sampling (statistics)		2
2	Arabic (ar) اعتيان		1
3	Catalan (ca) Mostratge (estadística)		1
4	French (fr) Échantillonnage (statistiques)		1
5	Czech (cs) Výběr (statistika)		0
6	Spanish (es) Muestreo (estadística)		0
7	Basque (eu) Laginketa (estatistika)		0
8	Persian (fa) نمونه‌گیری آماری		0
9	Finnish (fi) Satunnaisotanta		0
10	Galician (gl) Mostraxe		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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