SAMPLING

Question 1

POPULATION

Answer 1

a group of people who are the focus of the researchers interest, from which a smaller sample is drawn

Question 2

SAMPLE

Answer 2

a group of people who take part in a research investigation. the sample is drawn from a target population and is presumed to be representative of that population

Question 3

SAMPLING TECHNIQUES

Answer 3

the method used to select people from the population

Question 4

BIAS

Answer 4

when certain groups may be over or under- represented within the sample selected. this limits the extent to which generalisations can be made to the target populations

Question 5

GENERALISATION

Answer 5

the extent to which findings and conclusions from an experiment can be broadly applied to the population.