Statistical sampling
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Statistical sampling is the process of finding a representative portion of a large population. In quality control, a percentage of products will be selected at random for testing, and the results extrapolated to the whole. For example, out of 100,000 cars produced, 5 will be crash-tested. The results will be assumed to hold for the cars actually sold.