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GCSE Sociology · key term
The whole group of people or institutions that a researcher wants to study.
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The whole group of people or institutions that a researcher intends to investigate.
Revise: Research DesignThe target population is the whole group the researcher intends to investigate. This could be people, such as sixth-form students, or institutions, such as schools or prisons. A sample is a smaller group selected from that population because studying everyone may be impractical.
Component 1, Component 2
When choosing a sampling method, explain why it suits the target population and research aim, then consider access, resources and representativeness. Random selection does not guarantee a representative sample.
When evaluating a sample, explain which people may be missing and how this limits generalisation to the target population.
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The whole group of people a researcher wants to study.
The target population is the whole group the researcher wants to study. Defining it carefully matters: pupils at one school are a different target population from all secondary-school pupils in England.
The whole group of people that a researcher wants to study and draw conclusions about.
