The group to which a researcher wants the findings to ultimately apply is the
A) accessible population.
B) sample.
C) target population.
D) probability sample.

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The target population is the group to which the researcher wants the findings to ultimately apply. It is the group of individuals or things that the researcher intends to generalize the findings of the study to. The accessible population is the group of individuals or things that the researcher can realistically access and gather data from, while the sample is a subset of the accessible population that is selected for the study. Probability samples are a type of sample in which each member of the accessible population has a known probability of being selected for the study.

The Group to Which a Researcher Wants the Findings to Ultimately