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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Data Sampling in Calc</title>
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<bookmark_value>Analysis toolpack;sampling</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>sampling;Analysis toolpack</bookmark_value>
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<section id="datasampling">
<h1 id="hd_id1000020"><variable id="datasamplingh1"><link href="text/scalc/01/statistics_sampling.xhp">Sampling</link></variable></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id1000030" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/scalc/ui/samplingdialog/SamplingDialog">Create a table with data sampled from another table.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id1000040" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="sam01">Choose <menuitem>Data - Statistics - Sampling</menuitem></variable></paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id1000050" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Sampling allows you to pick data from a <emph>source</emph> table (population) to fill a <emph>target</emph> table. The sampling can be random or in a periodic basis, as well as with or without sample replacement in the source table.</paragraph>
<note id="par_id1000060">Sampling is done row-wise. That means, the sampled data will pick the whole line of the source table and copy into a line of the target table.</note><embed href="text/scalc/01/stat_data.xhp#data"/>
<h2 id="hd_id1000030">Sampling Method</h2>
<h3 id="hd_id611623249550632">Random</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id711623249563655">Picks exactly <emph>Sample Size</emph> lines of the source table in a random way.</paragraph>
<h3 id="hd_id431623249579089">Sample size</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id461623249594879">Number of lines sampled from the source table. The Sample size is limited to the population size for all sampling methods without replacement.</paragraph>
<h3 id="hd_id931623249610097">With replacement</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id191623249619384">When checked, put back samples in population (source table) after draw. A sample can be drawn more than once and therefore a larger sample size than population is possible. This option is mutually exclusive with <emph>Keep order</emph>. When unchecked, a sample drawn is not put back to the population and sample size is limited to population size.</paragraph>
<h3 id="hd_id791623249632175">Keep order</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id741623249641180">When checked, samples are drawn in order of population data. Samples are not put back to the population (exclusive with <emph>With replacement</emph>). This option is automatically checked for <emph>Periodic</emph> sampling. When unchecked, samples are drawn in random order.</paragraph>
<h3 id="hd_id461623249656476">Periodic</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id481623249667345">Picks lines in a pace defined by <emph>Period</emph>.</paragraph>
<h3 id="hd_id101623249682605">Period</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id621623249692296">The number of lines to skip periodically when sampling. The <emph>Period</emph> is limited to the population size.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id1000110" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The following data will be used as example of source data table for sampling:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id1000510" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Sampling with a period of 2 will result in the following table:</paragraph>
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