Average and Sample

Average

Average noun - What is typical of a group, class, or series.

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Sample and average are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sample" instead a noun "Average".

Nearby Words: aver, averaged, averaging, averager

Sample noun - A number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole.

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Average and sample are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Average" instead a noun "Sample".

Nearby Words: sampling, sampler, sampled, samp

human	human average	human sample
old	old average	old sample
good	good average	good sample
similar	similar average	similar sample
Other adjectives: common, worst, largest, statistical.

If you play 100 times in one slot machine, you're not getting a representative sample of that average.

Source: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
In Roughing It, Mark Twain describes a type: combing an otherwise worthless mine for one tiny chunk of rock containing silver or gold, presenting it to the assay office as an "average" sample, then selling shares in the now grossly overvalued mine.

Source: Pig In A Poke
The title comes from one sample stating that the average age of a soldier was 19, compared to 26 in WW2.

Source: Useful Notes / The Vietnam War aka: Vietnam War

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