1 fish 0 0 8 Extract 3 random elements from the ``Series`` ``df['num_legs']``: Note that we use `random_state` to ensure the reproducibility of the examples. >>> df['num_legs'].sample(n=3, random_state=1) fish 0 spider 8 falcon 2 Name: num_legs, dtype: int64 A random 50% sample of the ``DataFrame`` with replacement: >>> df.sample(frac=0.5, replace=True, random_state=1) num_legs num_wings num_specimen_seen dog 4 0 2 fish 0 0 8 An upsample sample of the ``DataFrame`` with replacement: Note that `replace` parameter has to be `True` for `frac` parameter > 1. >>> df.sample(frac=2, replace=True, random_state=1) num_legs num_wings num_specimen_seen dog 4 0 2 fish 0 0 8 falcon 2 2 10 falcon 2 2 10 fish 0 0 8 dog 4 0 2 fish 0 0 8 dog 4 0 2 Using a DataFrame column as weights. Rows with larger value in the `num_specimen_seen` column are more likely to be sampled. >>> df.sample(n=2, weights='num_specimen_seen', random_state=1) num_legs num_wings num_specimen_seen falcon 2 2 10 fish 0 0 8 Nr