RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION
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the whole group you want to study or describe
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the population that is practicing for the Hunger Games
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population inside the classroom
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part of the group you want to study or describe
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Detailed explanation-1: -A population is the entire group that you want to draw conclusions about. A sample is the specific group that you will collect data from. The size of the sample is always less than the total size of the population. In research, a population doesn’t always refer to people.
Detailed explanation-2: -A population is defined as a group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area. Members of a population often rely on the same resources, are subject to similar environmental constraints, and depend on the availability of other members to persist over time.
Detailed explanation-3: -When data is collected from the entire population it is called Census method. It includes total count. By this method, more reliable data can be obtained since every item of the whole population is included.
Detailed explanation-4: -A population group refers to a group of individuals united by a common factor (e.g., geographic location, ethnicity, disease, age, gender).
Detailed explanation-5: -An example of a population would be the entire student body at a school. It would contain all the students who study in that school at the time of data collection. Depending on the problem statement, data from each of these students is collected.