Calculating Sample Size Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms and definitions based on the nursing student sample size calculation lecture notes.

Target Population

The entire group of individuals that the researcher is interested in studying, which in this instance consists of the $2457$ nursing students across all four campuses.

Study Population

The specific group from which the sample is drawn, calculated in this study as the $987$ students at the two selected campuses minus the $57$ excluded students, totaling $930$ students.

Excluded Students

The $57$ individuals at the two data collection campuses who were not included in the study because they were non-Namibians or had transferred from other campuses.

Sekaran and Bougie (2013)

The academic source cited as the basis for calculating the sample size in the nursing student competence study.

Total Nursing Students

The population size across the four campuses, which is given as $2457$.

Data Collection Campuses

The two specific campuses out of the four available where the researcher actively collected data, initially containing $987$ students.