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Differentiating Between Population and Target Population in Research Studies
International Journal Of Medical Science And Clinical Research Studies
Research methods of any postgraduate study entail a description of a population of interest from which the target population and the sample are derived. A clear distinction between these concepts is essential for research studies, but it also extends to academic and business writing. The importance of differentiating between the population and target population in research cannot be overemphasised as these provide a backbone of any research study.
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Aim/Purpose The purpose of this article is to present clear definitions of the population structures essential to research, to provide examples of how these structures are described within research, and to propose a basic structure that novice researchers may use to ensure a clearly and completely defined population of interest and sample from which they will collect data. Background Novice researchers, especially doctoral students, experience challenges when describing and distinguishing between populations and samples. Clearly defining and describing research structural elements, to include populations and the sample, provides needed scaffolding to doctoral students. Methodology The systematic review of 65 empirical research articles and research texts provided peer-reviewed support for presenting consistent populationand samplerelated definitions and exemplars. Contribution This article provides clear definitions of the population structures essential to research, with examples o...
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In this paper the concepts of general, target and accessible population are explained in response to misconceptions and controversies associated with them, and the fact that the relationships between them have not been explained in the context of qualitative enquiry in any formal study. These concepts are discussed in this study based on a general scenario. We basically attempt to explain the importance of specifying the general, target and accessible populations in a qualitative study when the study population is large. The study depicts how the research goal, contexts and assumptions can dictate the content and concentration of the target and accessible population in qualitative inquiry. It also poses the sampling implications of our explanations and highlights the stages and levels of what we refer to as population refinement.
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The importance of differentiating between the population and. target population in research cannot be overemphasised as. these provide a backbone of any research study. Research. methods of any ...
In research, there are 2 kinds of populations: the target pop-ulation and the accessible population. The accessible popula-tion is exactly what it sounds like, the subset of the target population that we can easily get our hands on to conduct our research. While our target population may be Caucasian females with a GFR of 20 or less who are ...
The sampling frame intersects the target population. The sam-ple and sampling frame described extends outside of the target population and population of interest as occa-sionally the sampling frame may include individuals not qualified for the study. Figure 1. The relationship between populations within research.
content and concentration of the target and accessible population in qualitative inquiry. It also poses the sampling implications of our explanations and highlights the stages and levels of what we refer to as population refinement. Keywords . General Population, Target Population, Accessible Population, Sampling, Population Refinement
OPRE Report # 2021-111. One goal of the evaluation design is to align the target population, the study population, and the analysis sample. The intervention is intended for the target population. The people selected to be in your evaluation are the study population. They either get the intervention or are placed in a group used for comparison.
population equal to the target population. In general, study populations are smaller than target populations, that is, they are subsets of target populations (p. 11). Conducting a census every time we wish to carry out a study is impractical and very expensive. In practice, lists of identifiable members of a target population come from
explicit) target population. This article provides a comprehensive definition of representativeness, with the goal of capturing the different ways in which a study can be representative of a target population. It is proposed that a study is representative if the estimate obtained in the study sample is generalisable to the target population
After defining the research question, a study must identify the study population to assess. Study populations can include a whole target population (i.e., census); however, most studies include sampling, in which the sample represents a subset of the target population.
Selecting the Study Participants. Defining the target population is an essential part of protocol development to ensure that the study participants are well suited to the research question ( Hulley et al., 2013 ). The target population is the entire group of people who share a common condition (disease process) or characteristic the researcher ...
Terminology (2) The survey population is a subset of the target population (often resulting from practical survey considerations) Using RDD, the survey population is all US households with a landline. In CES, employers have to be in business for several months. The sampling frame is used to identify the elements of the population.
Sampling is the process of selecting a representative group from the population. The target population is the total group of individuals from which the sample is drawn. In psychological research, we are interested in learning about large groups of people who all have something in common. We call the group that we are interested in studying our ...
Target population, study population and study sample. A population is a complete set of people with a specialized set of characteristics, and a sample is a subset of the population. The usual criteria we use in defining population are geographic, for example, "the population of Uttar Pradesh".
In research, there are 2 kinds of populations: the target population and the accessible population. The accessible population is exactly what it sounds like, the subset of the target population that we can easily get our hands on to conduct our research. While our target population may be Caucasian females with a GFR of 20 or less who are ...
Target Population and Subgroups. The target population is the group of individuals that the intervention intends to conduct research in and draw conclusions from. In cost-effectiveness analysis, characteristics of the target population and any subgroups should be described clearly. The choice of characteristics depends on the medical literature ...
The importance of differentiating between the population and target population in research cannot be overemphasised as these provide a backbone of any research study. Research methods of any postgraduate study entail a description of a population of interest from which the target population and the sample are derived.
Research Fundamentals: Study Design, Population, and Sample Size. Umair Majid. Published 10 January 2018. Education, Medicine. TLDR. In this editorial, the author discusses some considerations for including information in a research protocol on the study design and approach of a research study. Expand.
Distinguishing Between Population and Target Population: A Mini Review. August 2023. Surgery Research Journal 3 (2):1-2. DOI: 10.33425/2768-0428.1027. Authors: Michael Mncedisi Willie. Council for ...
the study population will not correctly represent the target population • If researchers' operational definitions of the target population differ, findings might differ across studies •Leads to apparent contradictions among results of studies Two techniques can be used to draw a research sample from a study population 1.