Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
The empirical distribution of a statistic obtained by repeatedly resampling with replacement from the original sample; an approximation of the sampling distribution.
AP course connection
Topic 5.1: 5.1 Introducing Statistics: Why Is My Sample Not Like Yours?