Define the following terms: population, target population, and accessible population.
Define the following terms: population, target population, and accessible population.
Population is a particular group of individuals or elements who are the focus of the
research
ex: type 2 diabetics
Target population is the entire set of individuals or elements who meet the sampling
criteria
ex: female, 18 years and older, new onset of diabetes and not on insulin
accessible population is the portion of the target population to which the researcher has
reasonable access, certain elements within a country, state, city, hospital
ex: individuals with diabetes who were provided care in primary clinics in
Arlington, Texas
Qualitative studies call the people who participate in them subjects or participants, quantitative
studies are more likely to identify them as participants.
What is generalization and why is it important?
oExtends the findings from the sample under study to the larger population, it can
generalize the findings to the generalized population with high quality studie
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