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Which term refers to a group or community that forms the focal point of a study and consists of all the people considered for evaluation in the research?

A.
sample
B.
population
C.
variable
D.
mean

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Answer:

Population

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Answer: B. Population.

Explanation: Population may be explained from a statistical view to consist or incorporate all individuals or participants who is eligible and fits a certain research criteria within the research setting. For instance, a population of college students in New York city should consists of all students attending colleges in the New York. Hence it can be deduced that, population is a set of all eligible participants. It is from these population that sample is being drawn from which is a random subset of participants which is representative of the entire population.

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