Resamples

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To take multiple samples from a statistical data set for analysis
2. To draw new samples from original data, often to assess variability or improve estimation
3. To repeat the sampling process on datasets to enhance accuracy or validate results

Etymology: "Resamples" is the third-person singular form of "resample," so the core history is that of "sample" plus the prefix "re-." Sample came into English from Old French "essample," meaning an example or pattern, which descended from Latin "exemplum," itself built from "eximere," to take out. The sense of taking a small part to stand for the whole comes from that idea of a representative example. The prefix "re-" comes from Latin and means "again" or "back." Attaching it to "sample" gives the meaning of taking a sample once more, whether to repeat a test, enlarge a dataset, or check that an earlier result holds. The word is a plain compound with no separate coinage behind it, and its meaning follows directly from its two parts.

Synonyms: retests, reexamines