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Sampling distribution
A sampling distribution is the probability distribution of a statistic, such as a sample mean, over all possible samples of a given size drawn from the same population.
Sampling error
Sampling error, or sampling variation, is the part of a survey estimate's difference from the true population value that arises because only a sample was measured.
Sampling with replacement
Sampling with replacement is a sampling method in which each drawn unit is returned to the population before the next draw, making the draws independent and identically distributed.
Sampling-based planning
Sampling-based planning is a family of motion planning algorithms that finds collision-free robot paths by randomly sampling configuration space instead of building it explicitly, suiting high-dimensional problems; canonical algorithms include PRM and RRT.
Sampo
Sampo, magical artifact of the Finnish national epic Kalevala, forged by Ilmarinen for Louhi of Pohjola, grinding flour, salt, and gold; its true nature, mill, world-pillar, or treasure, remains debated.
Sampo (Finnish insurance company)
Sampo is a Nordic property and casualty insurance holding company whose main subsidiaries are If P&C Insurance and Topdanmark, serving about 3.7 million households across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.
Sampo Waeran
Sampo Waeran (삼포왜란) was a 1510 revolt by Japanese residents at Joseon Korea's three open ports, suppressed in 15 days and followed by the 1512 Imjin yakjo treaty.
Sampoerna
Sampoerna is an Indonesian tobacco manufacturer headquartered in Surabaya, founded in 1913 and known for Dji Sam Soe, the "King of Kretek"; Philip Morris International acquired it in 2005.
Sampoong Department Store collapse
The Sampoong Department Store collapse, also known as the Sampoong Collapse, destroyed the five-storey Sampoong Department Store in Seoul on 29 June 1995, killing 502 people in South Korea's deadliest disaster.
Sampoorna (TV series)
Sampoorna (संपूर्णा) is a 2025 Star Plus Hindi drama, a remake of the Bengali series Noshtoneer, starring Sandipta Sen as Mitti, whose surgeon husband faces a harassment accusation; it ended after about two months due to low TRPs.
Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (सम्पूर्ण ग्रामीण रोजगार योजना)
Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY), a 2001 Indian rural wage-employment scheme merging EAS and JGSY, with Rs 10,000 crore annual outlay, 5 kg food grain wages, 20:30:50 panchayat allocation, and merger into NREGA by 2008.
Samppa Lajunen
Samppa Lajunen (born 1979, Turku) is a Finnish former Nordic combined skier who won the World Cup overall in 1997 and 1999–2000, took two silvers at Nagano 1998, and swept all three golds at Salt Lake City 2002 before retiring in 2004.
Samprada Singh
Samprada Singh (1925–2019) was an Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Alkem Laboratories in 1973, building it into one of India's largest drug makers; he led it until his death in 2019.
Sampradaya
Sampradaya, also called Samparda or Sampardai, is in Hinduism a school of religious teaching transmitted through a formally recognized lineage of spiritual masters, known as guru parampara.
Sampradayini Suppini Suddapoosani
Sampradayini Suppini Suddapoosani (సాంప్రదాయిని సుప్పిని సుద్దపూసని) is a 2026 Telugu crime comedy directed by Sudheer Sriram, starring Sivaji and Laya, released theatrically March 6, 2026 and streaming on Netflix from April 3, 2026.
Samprati
Samprati (सम्प्रति) was a ruler of India's Maurya dynasty, a grandson of Ashoka and son of Kunala, remembered in Jain tradition as the dynasty's great patron of Jainism.
Sampson Lloyd
Sampson Lloyd (1699–1779) was a Birmingham Quaker iron manufacturer who, at age 65, co-founded Taylors & Lloyds in 1765, Birmingham's first bank and origin of Lloyds Banking Group.
Sampurna
Sampurna (সম্পূর্ণা) is a 2022 Bengali social drama web series on Hoichoi, directed by Sayantan Ghosal, starring Sohini Sarkar and Rajnandini Paul, about a sister-in-law fighting marital rape; two seasons, IMDb 7.1/10.
SAMR1
SAMR1 (Senescence-Accelerated Mouse Resistant 1, synonym SAM-R/1) is an albino inbred mouse strain from AKR/J outcrosses at Kyoto University, used as the normally aging control for senescence-prone SAMP strains; median survival 568 days.
Samra
Samra, also known as Samra Broun, is a German rapper from Berlin. His debut solo album Jibrail & Iblis reached number one on the German album charts in 2020.
Samra Brouk
Samra Brouk is an American Democratic politician representing New York's 55th Senate district, elected in 2020 as the first Black woman from Upstate New York in the Senate.
Samra ibn Jundab
Samra ibn Jundab (سمرة بن جندب) was a companion of Muhammad, a hadith narrator, and deputy governor of Basra and Kufa who died around 58 AH.
Samra power plant
The Samra power plant is a combined-cycle gas-fired power station in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, run by state-owned SEPCO and supplying about 30% of the Kingdom's electricity.
Samra Turajlic
Samra Turajlic is a cancer researcher and medical oncologist who studies how tumors evolve and spread, and is known for leading the TRACERx Renal study of kidney cancer evolution.
Samrat & Co.
Samrat & Co. is a 2014 Hindi detective thriller directed by Kaushik Ghatak for Rajshri Productions, starring Rajeev Khandelwal as detective Samrat Tilakdhari; released 25 April 2014, a box-office disaster.
Samrat Choudhary
Samrat Choudhary is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has served as Chief Minister of Bihar since 2026, the state's first BJP chief minister.
Samrat Prithviraj (सम्राट पृथ्वीराज)
Samrat Prithviraj (सम्राट पृथ्वीराज), also released as Prithviraj, is a 2022 Yash Raj Films Hindi historical drama directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, starring Akshay Kumar and Manushi Chhillar, based on the Prithviraj Raso; a box-office disaster despite its Rs. 200 crore budget.
SAMREC Code
The SAMREC Code is the South African standard for public reporting of exploration results, mineral resources, and mineral reserves, mandatory for companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Samridhii Shukla
Samridhii Shukla (समृद्धि शुक्ला), born 1995, is an Indian TV actress and Hindi dubbing artist. She plays Abhira Sharma in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, debuted in Saavi Ki Savaari, and has voiced Eleven in Stranger Things for about ten years.
Samruk-Energo
Samruk-Energo is a state-owned, vertically integrated energy holding in Kazakhstan, wholly owned by the sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna and the country's largest electricity producer at 32.8% of national generation in 2025.