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GCSE Psychology · key term
The whole group of people a researcher wants to investigate and draw conclusions about.
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Revise: Sampling MethodsThe target population is the whole group the researcher wants to investigate and draw conclusions about. It depends on the research question: it could be office workers in Scotland, teenage mothers in the UK, or people aged 60–85 who have dementia. It does not simply mean everyone living in a country.
The group of people to whom the researcher intends the findings to apply.
For stratified sampling, match the proportions in the target population, not equal numbers from every subgroup.
When evaluating a sample, name the target population, identify which relevant groups are missing or over-represented, and explain how this limits generalisation.
Link an evaluation point to its consequence: explain who may be over-represented or missing, and why this limits generalisation to the target population.
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The whole group of people that a researcher wants to investigate and draw conclusions about.
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The whole group of people a researcher wants to study and draw conclusions about.
Revise: Populations and SamplingA target population is the whole group they want to investigate. It might be broad, such as all teenagers in the UK, or more specific, such as teenagers with social anxiety. The research question determines which people belong to that population.
The whole group of people to whom a researcher intends their findings to apply.
