A target population is
A) the population from which the sample is actually selected.
B) the population for which inferences are to be made.
C) always the same as the sampled population.
D) the same as the sample.

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The target population is the population for which inferences are to be made. This is the population that the researcher is interested in studying and generalizing the findings to. It may or may not be the same as the population from which the sample is actually selected.

A Target Population Is