LESSON 64 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY || SECTION 3.4: TARGET POPULATION

Section 3.4 of the research proposal discusses the target population from which a sample will be drawn. Target population refers to the population that the researcher wishes to study and the results of the study will be generalized to them. This population is also referred to as accessible target population because it is from this population that we shall draw our sampling frame.

In this lesson, we shall:
a) Explain the meaning of target population;
b) Differentiate between target & accessible population;
c) Explain the requirements of section 3.4

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[dineomotsepe]

Dr. Wambungu, thank you for the lesson. I have a question. My research investigates workplace bullying in the Gauteng hospitality sector and its perceived impact on employee engagement and labour turnover. Is the Gauteng hospitality industry my unit analysis, and employees in the sector my target population?

[EmmanuelYula-sddk]

Good explanation! I have a question here though; Is there any harm if a PhD thesis has less than 4 objectives ( 3-4 objectives)? A number of theses I have read tend to have more than 4 objectives and at times the objectives mean nothing, but appearing repeatedly (tautologising). Your response will be highly appreciated Prof.

[rotimiakinniyi]

Thanks for updating me, how l wish the slides can be downloaded

[akimaruwaite]

Wish I had seen this before. Really struggled with my research proposal. Great job Dr.

[sanjeevanisudha]

Madam, what should be the percentage of institutions in accessible population from target population?

[snashaayoub]

Thank for nice lecture Dr. It will help in my research am conducting.

[snashaayoub]

My question is that if the population of the study is infinite, the sample size is drawn from population or study population ?

[yohannesseifu]

hi do you know the actual Number of the population the Number is determined? during sample size

[TheTrendsWorldWide]

Do you guess the population ? Incase you are focusing on a bank, mainly targeting service quality. The target population is customers. How can you come up with the population ?