A group of similar items from which a sample is drawn. Often referred to as the universe.

Assemblage of individual organisms of defined ages and growth stages belonging to one species within a specified location in space and time. (US-EPA, 1992)

A group of interbreeding organisms (members of the same species) that live in a particular area.

A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same geographic region.

The number of people living in an area.

Group of individual organisms of the same species living within a defined area.

a group of individuals of the same species, forming a breeding unit and sharing a habitat

Any group of individuals, usually of a single species, occupying a given area at the same time

A population is a collection of units that we want to make statements about by estimating some population characteristic.

The number of people inhabiting a specific area.

Organisms of the same species that occupy the same area.

the number members of a species living in a particular area .............. back

the total number of the same kind of living thing in a particular environment ; i.e., the number of dandelions on your front lawn; the number of tomato plants in your garden.

a group of organisms of the same species that can interbreed.

All the objects from which a sample could be drawn for an experiment.

The entire group about which the researcher wants to generalize.

( Stat). The aggregate of all units however, sampled, forming the subject of study. Syn . Universe. ( BCFT.).

Everybody (or thing) of a defined type, which could possibly be surveyed. Often the number of adults in a defined geographical area or market. Also known as universe.

This is a vague term used in a general way for the reference framework of the problem, e.g., the mathematical model or the actual population from which we are sampling, or the set of all possible values of a variable or measurement.

a community os individuals within a species where mating occurs.

The entire group of research participants (or test trials) about which the investigator wants to draw conclusions. See also sample.

Group of organisms interbreeding with one another, presumably representing a species.

In statistics, the entire aggregate of individuals or subjects, from which samples can be drawn. See also sample, target population.

a group of individuals of the same species that occupies a particular space (There was a large population of Pine Barrens Tree Frogs in the abandoned cranberry bog.)

The number of people who live in any given area including a neighborhood, city, State, country, etc.

The whole of the material from which a sample may be taken.

Groups of individuals of the same species.

The entire collection of observations to which the study results generalize. The study sampling procedures will define the accessible study population. Note that the characteristics of the population are called the population “parameters.” The population parameters are usually estimated from the “statistics” observed in a sample of the population.

The larger group to which the survey results are to be inferred and which a sample represents. For example, a population can be all adult education students, all students who had a goal of employment who attended an adult education program or all residents of the US.

A complete set of data in which there is interest, e.g. organizations, people, managers etc.; from this population a sample will be drawn.

the number of people in a designated area; Population, Wealth

A group of organisms of the same species relatively isolated from other groups of the same species. See deme.

This term is usually applied to the total number of a given species in a defined habitat or ecosystem - such as the population of frogs in a small pond, or the global population of minke whales. It can also be used in a genetic sense to mean a group of individuals of a species that share similar genotypes.

A population contains every member of a defined group of interest.

A theoretical, infinitely large sample

A group of individuals in a species that share a common gene pool.

The total number of people living within a certain geographical area.

A group of organisms belonging to the same species that occupy a well-defined locality and exhibit reproductive continuity from generation to generation.

a group of animals or plants of one species that are spatially separated from other groups

A population is a group of individuals ranked by fitness.

group of similar individuals living in the same general area Pore--an open space in rocks and soils

Updated from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, total Population is a head count estimate of all people living in a given geographic area as of January 1, 1997. It includes people living in group quarters, such as colleges, hospitals, institutions, and nursing homes, as well as armed forces personnel permanently assigned to the area.

A group of interbreeding individuals of the same species; they are separated but not isolated from other interbreeding groups of the same species.

The total number, usually of people, in the group being studied. In some studies, the population may be organizations, records, or events instead of people.

A group of items from which a sample is taken for statistical measurement.

A group of interbreeding organisms in a particular locale exhibiting a unique set of characteristics such as patterns of growth and reproductive strategies.

the entire set of data from which a sample is selected and about which the IS Auditor wishes to draw conclusions.

the number of a specific species in a given area

The number of a particular species in a defined area.

a group of organisms belonging to the same species, either those living in a given geographical area or those dispersed throughout the world. Organisms in a population are capable of interbreeding.

Subjects who meet the inclusion criteria for a particular study.

A group of organisms of the same species that interact in a defined area.

The entire set of persons that have at least one common characteristic of interest to the researcher. The sample is selected from the population.

The set of all possible subjects from which a sample can be drawn.

Any group of organisms coexisting at the same time and in the same place and capable of interbreeding with one another.

a group of phenomena that have something in common. The population is the larger group, whose properties (parameters) are estimated by taking a smaller sample from within the population, and applying statistical analysis to the sample.

The inhabitants (numbers and type) of an environment.

a group of individual living things that can interbreed.

Literally means "all the people" and in research the term is most commonly used to refer to a specific group of people. However, in a research context, population refers to all the members or objects of any defined group which might be taken or about which information might be given. A research population refers to the entire group to which the research results apply e.g., a relevant age group, or equipment group such as syringes.

All possible individuals making up a group of interest in a study.

A well-defined group of individuals, objects or events. All members of a population have at least one known characteristic in common. Researchers use data from samples to generalize findings to a population.

(of a species) A subgroup of a species coexisting in the same time and area. Population may also be used in a different sense to refer to the number of individuals in a defined group.

the people who live in an area.

Exhaustive set of observations from a “universe.” EX: All of the students who took the state boards at a given testing date and location constitute the entire domain of generalization for that testing occasion. There is no probability of error (other than computational error) when characterizing a domain based on a population sample. [See also sample

the total collection of objects, media, or people to be studied and from which a sample is to be drawn.

The total number of inhabitants occupying an area.

A group of members of a species that regularly interbreed in one area.

number of the same species that are living in the same are at a given time.

The number or body of inhabitants of a particular race, class, or group in a place.

The totality of persons or objects with which a research study is concerned (Grinnell, 1990)

density- Number of people per square mile or square km.

The whole group of individuals, objects, or measurements having some common observable characteristic. See Sample.

the people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"

(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"

the act of populating (causing to live in a place); "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"

a collecion of individuals and can be instantiated with all the individuals at once or individuals can be added to the object after it has been created

a collection of objects, events or individuals having characteristics that a researcher may be interested in studying

a compilation of individual types that vary in a phase of cell cycle and physiological parameters such as filtering rate for ciliates and maximum anabolic rate for bacteria

a decided upon group of animals in an area for a specified period

a distinct group of sharks living in one particular area

a group if potentially interbreeding individuals of a species in a more or less geographically isolated area

a group of individual organisms living in the same place at the same time

a group of individuals belonging to the same species living in the same place

a group of individuals belonging to the same species, occupying the same given area, and showing certain morphological physiological and behavioral traits in common

a group of individuals living in the same geographical area and sharing a common gene pool

a group of individuals, objects, or units about which we wish to know something

a group of individuals of the same species in a given area whose members can interbreed

a group of individuals of the same species living in a given place

a group of individuals of the same species that is capable of reproducing

a group of individuals of the same species, usually confined to a particular geographic region

a group of individuals of the same species which can freely interbreed and are found together in a particular place

a group of individuals which may interact together, for example by mating, producing offspring, etc

a group of interbreeding individuals of the same species located in a defined area

a group of interbreeding salmon that is sufficiently isolated (i

a group of organisms from the same species that occupies the same geographic region and exhibits reproductive continuity from generation to generation

a group of organisms of one species that live in the same place at the same time

a group of organisms of various types living in a given geographical area

a group of organisms that all belong to the same species and that live in a given area

a group of organisms that belong to one species

a group of organisms that inhabit the same region and interbreed

a group of organisms that share a geographic area and can mate only among themselves

a group of organisms that share common characteristics

a group of people or scores that fall in a certain group, for example students

a group of the same species occupying a certain area

a group of the same species of organism in the same area at the same time

a large group of people to which we are interested in generalizing

a localized, more or less isolated subunit of a species

an aggregation of individuals of the same species that are actively interbreeding, or exchanging genetic information

an interbreeding group of individuals

an interbreeding group of organisms (the same species) that occupies a particular area

a particular group of people that have something in common

a set of individuals defined according to some principle (e

(also called target population) A collection of individuals that is the object of a study.

A group of people, objects, or events that fit a particular description.

Collection of individuals, each harboring a different set of traits.

The set of individuals or objects having some common observable characteristics.

The group or collection of individuals from which a sample was drawn, and/or to which one hopes to generalize based on sample results.

The total number of all possible subjects or elements which could be included in a study. If the data are valid, the results of research on a sample of subjects drawn from a much larger population can then be generalised to the population

The total number of an individual species inhabiting a specified area, such as a park, lake, province, or country, at a given time.

All the individuals of a species living in a specific habitat or range.

the number of animals of the same type, usually the same species, that live in a given area.

the whole group of individuals in a study. print awareness-in emergent literacy, a learner's growing recognition of conventions and characteristics of a written language. Print awareness includes such features as the recognition of directionality in reading text (left to right and top to bottom in English), that print in the form of words corresponds to speech, that white space marks the boundaries of printed words, etc. prior knowledge- knowing that stems from previous experience.

A group of individuals of the same species that occurs in a given area.

The target group under investigation, as in all students enrolled in first-year composition courses taught in traditional classrooms. The population is the entire set under consideration. Samples are drawn from populations.

Generally, a population consists of fish of a single species that spawn in the same stream or reach within a stream. They exhibit similar life history traits and are adapted to the habitats they occupy.

Contains all members of a group.

the total number of individuals of a species inhabiting a particular area.

Organisms of the same species living together in a specific area; also the total count of individuals in a specific area, such as the population of a town

The number of inhabitants of a given geographic area.

The total of all individuals in a given area.

Inhabitants of a given area. On occasion it may be used for part of the inhabitants only (e.g. the population of "working age", the elderly, the young).

all the plants and animals of one species that live in a particular place

the total of all cases meeting a definition of cases sharing that criteria. A population is usually too large to be measured except by census, and therefore sampling is used to collect representative data from which inferences can be drawn.

a group of individuals, most often of the same species, that occupy a particular region at the same time.

a group of organisms belonging to the same species that occupy a well defined locality and that interbreed with some regularity, therefore, having a common set of genetic characteristics.

a biological unit representing the individuals of a species living in a specific area.

a collection of sampling entities about which we wish to make an inference.

Identified group of people from which samples can be drawn.

A collective term for all the potential respondents to a piece of research work.

The population of a study refers to the group of people represented in a study. For example, if a researcher took a nationally representative sample of 1,500 fourth grade students, the sample is the 1,500 fourth grade students, but the population of the study would be fourth graders, in general.

The number of people who live in a place.

The number of people living in a certain area.

A group of people, institutions, cases or objects defined as that under study by the researcher. Samples are drawn from populations.

all the organisms that make up a specific group or occur in a specific habitat.

The individuals or organizations of interest in a given survey. In sample surveys one makes inferences about the population from the sample selected.

A group of individuals of a species living in a certain area that maintain some degree of reproductive isolation.

group of interbreeding individuals that share a -- gene pool and are isolated from other similar groups.

Group of animals from the same species that is isolated from other such groups and interbreeds over time til this group differ noticeably from other groups.

a group of persons that one wishes to describe or about which one wishes to generalize. To generalize about a population, one often studies a sample that is meant to be representative of the population. Also called "universe."

All the organisms of one species that inhabit a given area.

the number of one species living in a given area

A group of individuals that share a common social or physical characteristic.

group of interbreeding individuals of a specific kind, in a given area, at a given time.

a group of the same species of organisms living in the same habitat

Number of individuals of a given species within a given community

A local group of individuals belonging to the same species, which are actually or potentially interbreeding.

All individuals of a species found in a specific area

A group of individuals with common ancestry that are much more likely to mate with one another than with individuals from another such group.

A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area or interbreeding and sharing genetic information.

The total number of inhabitants of a given area or country. In sampling, the population may refer to the units from which the sample is drawn, not necessarily the total population of people.

in biology, a group of organisms belonging to the same species at the same time and place.

nuinga tangata A group of individuals that live in the same place.

The total group of people from which information is needed. Also known as Universe.

In statistics, the entire universe of data from which samples are drawn.

A certain group of individuals, ethnicity or race, whose gene patterns are collected through the sampling of members of the said group.

Aggregate of individuals of a biological species that are geographically isolated from other members of the species and are actually or potentially interbreeding.

group of individuals of one species living in an area.

A group of people living in a certain area; or the number of people in a certain area.

a group of individuals (or institutions, programs, or other subjects being studied) about whom a researcher seeks to generalize. To generalize about a population, researchers study a sample that is meant to be representative of the population. See: sample.

A biological population is a group of interbreeding individuals of the same species, isolated from other such groups.

The entity (some common examples are groups of people, organizations or places) your initiative seeks to have an impact on, e.g. students in a certain school, parents, residents of a certain neighborhood. This is one component of an indicator.

A group of people in a certain area; or the number of people in a that have similar exposure factors.

In the case of NAEP, the population of interest is the entire collection of American students in public or private schools at grades 4, 8, or 12 (or in the case of the long-term trend assessments, at ages 9, 13, and 17 years). The small samples of students that NAEP selects for the assessment permit inferences about academic performance to be made for all school students at the three grade or age levels.

All the persons in a particular group.

A group of interbreeding organisms occupying a particular space; the number of humans or other living creatures in a designated area.

A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time and sharing a common gene poo l. A group of potentially interbreeding organisms in a geographic area.

A set of units (usually people, objects, transactions, or events) that you would like to study; a group of objects about which information is to be gained.

All individuals of the same species occupying a given area.

A group of interbreeding organisms that represents the level of organization at which speciation begins. In other words, a population is a group within a species that shares common ecological and genetic features compared to other individuals of that species. (FAO Fisheries Department)

A group of interbreeding organisms living in the same area. 9, 404

The number of people who live within a geographical area.

group of individuals of a particular species in a given area.

a group of interbreeding organisms of the same species in a given geographic area.

a group of organisms, of one species, that occupy a defined area and are usually isolated from similar groups of the same species

all the members of a species that live in a particular location.

Any group of organisms of the same species that occupies a given space at a particular moment in time.

The group to which the results of an experiment can be generalized.

Estimated number of people living in a jurisdiction. Population is one of the four factors used in the board-approved adjustment method to help estimate report-year waste generation. The federal census is the benchmark for population figures, but it is adjusted based on housing construction and demolition.

A group of intermating individuals. The term can refer to a breed, an entire species, a single herd or flock, or even a small group of animals within a herd.

A group of objects or organisms of the same kind. Source: PRB

The set of all the observations which we wish to draw conclusions about. A random sample of observations is normally assumed to have been drawn from a much larger population.

a group of individuals of one plant or animals taxon (species, subspecies, or variety).

The theoretical population from which the sample was drawn. While typically this is United States national adult (q.v.), some studies are based on special samples (such as national samples of women or African Americans).

the total number of animals or plants living in a certain area

The definition of all the elements, people, or groups of interest for a given research work. The sample will be drawn from the defined population, and the result of the research will be generated to that population.

a group of similar individuals sharing a common gene pool, delimited in range by environmental or endogenous factors, and considered a unit

a geographically defined group of specific organisms sharing a common gene pool

An occurrence of a species or ecological community in a particular area. ( EPBC Act)

A group of organisms of the same species living within a specified region.

A group or number of people living within a specified area or sharing similar characteristics (such as occupation or age).

A group of organisms of the same species relatively isolated from other groups of the same species. A locally interbreeding population.

all of the people inhabiting a specified area.

The entire group (or set or type) of people from which a researcher samples, and to which she or he would ideally like to generalize.

The group from which a sample is taken, e.g. all of an organisation's customers for CSM.

The total number of individuals of a particular species in a particular, defined, locality or region.

A species, subspecies, or geographical grouping that is considered a unit for recovery or management.

Group of individuals/organisms belonging to the same species and capable of interbreeding

A group of organisms all of the same species living in a particular area

The total number of people living in a particular area.

A complete set of individuals, objects, or events that belong to some category.

a group of individuals of one species, found within a particular area.

The group of individuals, or items, to be studied is called the population. For example, men aged 21 and over; pregnant women; households in Bristol; houses in Bristol. The subset of this population that is measured or observed is called the sample.

all the individuals of a particular species within a defined area.

All the cattle included in a breeding community, which could be a herd, a group of herds, or more commonly, a strain or breed.

A. For the purposes of natural-resource planning, the set of individuals of the same species that occurs within the natural resource of interest (USFS, modified). B. An aggregate of interbreeding individuals of a biological species within a specified location (USEPA Region 5).

A geographically or socially distinct group of interacting organisms of the same species that occupy a definable area. Forest Management

a group of individuals who share certain characteristics. (43)

a group of people defined by some characteristic, such as living in the same place.

Fish of the same species inhabiting a specified area grouped together for management purposes.

The total number of individuals or objects being analyzed or evaluated.

All the inhabitants of a particular place or area.

All the members of one species that live in the same area.

a group of interbreeding organisms that live in a particular location; population density is the number of individuals per unit of space

population has a more restricted meaning in research than in general use. It refers to the defined group that is the subject of the study, for example, people entitled to vote in UK elections, or art teachers in Japan. Research is often conducted with a sample from the whole population. If the sample is a representative one then it will be possible to draw conclusions about the population as a whole.

a group of interbreeding organisms not separated by geographic barriers which would inhibit breeding between all individuals.

A collection of constituents. A population contains one or more population groups.

the total number of any one species of a plant or an animal living in a community

The total number of inhabitants constituting a particular race, class, or group in a specified area.

A group of organisms of the same species occupying a defined area that is normally isolated, by geography or behavior, from other similar groups.

all the organisms that constitute a specific group or occur in a specified habitat.

A group of individuals of one species in an area, though the size and nature of the area is defined, often arbitrarily, for the purposes of the study being undertaken.

The total group of items or persons that could be measured. Population here does not necessarily mean the same thing as the population of a country or even the entire population of the world, but could mean a specific group of peaople or obejcts (such as the opulation of university lecturers in the UK, or the population of professional footballers living in London, and so on).

The number of people who live in a defined area.

A group of freely interbreeding organisms within a defined geographic area.

Group of interbreeding salmon that is sufficiently isolated from other populations so that there will be persistent adaptations to the local habitat.

total number of individuals in a territory at a specified time. It covers both nationals and aliens, native and foreign born persons, internees, refugees and any other group physically present within the borders of a country at a specified time. In assembling national demographic statistics for publication, the basic aim has been to obtain data for the physically present (or de facto) population rather than for the legally established resident (or de jure) inhabitants.

The larger group being studied. In political polls, the population is usually all eligible voters.

A group of subjects studied, usually 30 or more.

the number of inhabitants in a country or region; in ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species living in a specified area and interbreeding.

all the members of a given species in a particular region.

A group of animals of the same species that occupies a particular area; usually refers to a group that is somewhat separate from other groups of the same species.

All elements, units or individuals that are of interest to researchers for a specific study. p. 182

In statistics, population refers to the entire group about which data are being collected.

a group of actually or potentially breeding organisms coexisting spatially and temporally.

the individuals of a particular species living in a given area

Total set of items from which a sample set is taken.

A group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a geographical area.

All the individuals of a species in a given area.

Plants of a particular species growing in a given place at a given time.

The whole number of a species inhabiting or occupying a specific geographical locality.

a group of interbreeding individuals of the same species often occupying the same geographical area.

The number of people inhabiting a place.

A large group of individuals; all the possible units from which a sample may be drawn.

All persons or entities in a particular group EHR/NSF Evaluation Handbook, Chapter Seven:   GlossarySource web site

(1) Refers to all the individuals of a given species in a specific area or region at a certain time. Its significance is more than that of a number of individuals because not all individuals are identical. Populations contain genetic variation within themselves and between other populations. (2) A statistical population is the entire collection of people, animals, plants or things from which we may collect data from.

A group of individuals residing in a given area at a given time.

a group of organisms that freely interbreed in nature (that means in the wild state)

(1) the whole number of inhabitants in a country, region or area; (2) a set of individuals having a quality or characteristic in common.

A group of conspecific individuals that occupy a more or less well defined geographic region and exhibit reproductive continuity from generation to generation.

1. All individuals of one or more species within a prescribed area. 2. A group of organisms of one species, occupying a defined area and usually isolated to some degree from other similar groups.

A group of people with one or more shared characteristics (e.g., live in same geographic area, have same ethnic background, enrolled in the same health plan).

The total number of people in a country or region, or any geographic area or political subdivision.

groups of individuals of any one kind of organism.

a single species; for example: a population of walleye

(Also called universe.) In statistical usage, any definite class of individuals or objects. Compare sample.

In a research study, those persons about whom we want to be able to draw conclusions.

The set of all elements included in the area in which we wish to conduct a study.

All people, male and female, child and adult, living in a given geographic area. Related terms: Apportionment population, Resident population

n: A group within a single species, the individuals of which can and do freely interbreed. Breeding between populations of the same species is less common because of differences in location, culture, nationality, and so on.

The total universe of all possible cases from which a sample is selected. The usual statistical formulas for making inferences from samples apply when the population is appreciably larger than the sample?for instance, 5 to 10 times larger than the sample. See also sample.

In the case of TV, the total population is defined as all individuals aged four or over in UK private households which contain a TV set in working order

The set of individuals for the application.

A group of organisms, usually a group of sexual organisms that interbreed and share a gene pool.

total number of individuals in a territory or a locality living at a specified moment of time with an agreed definition of residence; all the persons falling within the scope of a census or other inquiry.

Census population (C) is determined by a census typically performed every 5 or 10 years. The first results of census are often provisional (Cp); they may be higher or lesser than the final results (Cf). Census results mostly show some underenumeration that may be adjusted by estimates (Ca). Estimates (E) are based on calculations using the current birth and death rates and the estimated migration or they are based on population registers. Estimates refer to a given time in the past. Projections (P) are calculations referring to the future; their accuracy is often poor.

The population field has information from the 2000 US Census. If this information is incorrect please email or call the Help Desk for assistance. Toll-Free (1-877-75-VESTS) or (1-877-758-3787)

The collection of all of the active creatures on the lattice in an avida run. This is sometimes also referred to as the soup.

the collection of all objects that are of interest to the statistician. The elements of a population may be called units or subjects. Also known as the universe.

A population is the entire collection of observations that is the focus of analysis.

In data collection, the target audience for a given survey.

The entire collection of observations or subjects that have something in common and to which conclusions are inferred.

All the plants or animals of the same kind found in a given area.

Complete set of persons, places, or things under statistical analysis.

The entirety of a defined set of units, eg. the total human population of a village or a state, the total number of plants in a field, the total number of children enrolled at primary schools in a province, etc.

In statistics, the totality of items under consideration. A clearly defined part of a population is called a subpopulation. In the case of a random variable, the probability distribution is considered as defining the population of that variable. The term "population segment" is sometimes used as a synonym for subpopulation. WHO, 1989a

(1) All possible measurements on a part, or on a process throughout history, i.e. A whole set of data. (2) A statistical term referring to the collection of measurements of a characteristic that could be made on the items in a frame or list.

The set of end-users for the application.