Population and Sampling of Study

In a research, the population is defined as a large collection of people that might have answer to the problem being researched for a given geographical area (Rashid, Caine & Goez, 2015). Merriam (2009) defined population as a group of individuals with knowledge needed for the study. Massey and Kirk (2015) defined sample as the representation of a population while providing collective perspective.

References

Rashid, M., Caine, V. & Goez, H. (2015). The encounters and challenges of ethnography as a methodology in health research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14(5).

Merriam, S. B. (2009). Qualitative research: A guide to design and implementation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Massey, A. & Kirk, R. (2015). Bridging indigenous and western sciences: Research methodologies for traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine systems. SAGE Open, 5(3), 2158244015597726