diff --git a/utils/subsampling.py b/utils/subsampling.py
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+import numpy as np
+
+def random_subsample(df, num_samples):
+    np.random.seed(42)
+    indices = np.random.choice(df.index, num_samples, replace=False)
+    subsampled_df = df.loc[indices]
+    return subsampled_df