Who are all those to whom the findings of the study will apply and from whom a sample is drawn?

• A. Sampling frame
• B. Bias
• C. Survey population
• D. Positivism

Answer: (C)

In research, you’re looking to understand a whole group and then infer what you find to that group. The group you want to generalize to, and from which you actually draw your sample, is the survey population. So the findings are intended to apply to everyone in that population, not just to the people you happened to sample. The sampling frame is the actual list or set of units you could choose from to form your sample, which may or may not perfectly match the survey population. Bias refers to systematic errors that can distort results, and positivism is a philosophical stance about knowledge and methods, not about who is studied. The term that best fits “all those to whom the findings will apply and from whom a sample is drawn” is the survey population.