es Basic terns in research 2 An overview ILis important to acquire a sound understanding Of the basic research. A clear grasp of the meaning of terms is a pre el ve communication, In this chapter, terms commonly used 5 will be defined with practical examples, Population Population refers to an entire group of individuals, events or having a common observable characteristic. In other words, pop the aggregate of all that conforms to a given specification. F populations in research might be: * All standard eight pupils in the country * All home economics extension workers in the district All office blocks over four stories high in urban areas of the cou All indigenous trees in national forests All patients suffering from diabetes in the province. A researcher first defines the population to which she or he wants to generalize the results. Ideally, researchers would like to generalize resu to the absolute population. This is referred to as the-"Ta Population™ or oe apy : sete enfative samp the “Universe.” It is often impractical to_select a repre individual from the target population because it may be difficult to identify 9