what is a sampling distribution 
a sampling distribution is a concept used in statistics it is a probability distribution of a statistic obtained from a larger number of samples drawn from a specific population the sampling distribution of a given population is the distribution of frequencies of a range of different outcomes that could possibly occur for a statistic of a population this allows entities like governments and businesses to make more well informed decisions based on the information they gather there are a few methods of sampling distribution used by researchers including the sampling distribution of a mean 