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Describe the critical elements of the research process, addressing the importance of carrying out the following research steps. Limit your response to 100 words. Make sure to base the responses on at least one current scholarly sources or an article from peer-reviewed journals.

Element: Population and sampling.

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Population and Sampling

Yates (2004) proposes that it is only after concepts have been operationalised, the theories established and explored that the researcher can fully identify the who and what - who the research will study or what the research will study. This selection of cases as well as respondents and participants to the study is ...

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