target population
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftargetandpopulation
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target
noun
uk/ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/us/ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/
an object shot at during shooting practice, often a circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place at which bullets, bombs, etc. ...
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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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(Definition oftargetandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The size of thetargetpopulationof the catchment area ranged between 350 000 and 2 000 000.
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Next we introduce our new effort by first describing characteristics of ourtargetpopulationand indicating how these factors have affected implementation choices.
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In deciding which health outcome or standardized health measure to use, the scientific properties of the instrument must be carefully evaluated for thetargetpopulation.
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Apart from high service usage, older frequent attenders may represent atargetpopulationfor psychiatric evaluation and treatment.
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The best way to have a representative sample is to randomly select the subjects from thetargetpopulation.
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This alleged information, however, seems to be largely unobtainable by those who need it, namely, thetargetpopulation.
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People in thetargetpopulationare not always trustworthy judges in their own cases.
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Outside the law, examples can be used to teach behavior to atargetpopulationdirectly, by showing them how to do it.
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While these studies may have achieved a higher response rate, theirtargetpopulationwas not as broad as in this study.
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It was suggested that an examination of differential engagement could indicate the extent to which a programme served thetargetpopulation.
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On this view, the preferences or judgements of thetargetpopulationshould determine health care priorities.
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A sample of 753 children were assessed from thetargetpopulationconsisting of all children of the appropriate age range residing in the selected areas.
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One person reported as many as six persons who were outside thetargetpopulation.
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Their scope is rather precisely defined, both as regards the intervention and thetargetpopulation.
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However, almost all of the technical review group members agreed to participate in the study, making this sample highly representative of thistargetpopulation.
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The results in fig. 2 show the relationship between the extinction probability and g for various numbers of surviving flies in thetargetpopulation.
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An evaluation checklist provided a cheap and reasonably quick method of collecting the information from the wholetargetpopulation.
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The instruments used should be properly validated in thetargetpopulation.
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Highly client-oriented programmes do not select for wide adaptation in a research station geographically remote from thetargetpopulationof environments.
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It will also be necessary to include wild females from thetargetpopulationin the test to monitor any effects of laboratory colonization on fitness.
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