The phrase "a specific target population" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a defined group of individuals that a study, program, or intervention aims to reach or address.
Example: "The research focuses on a specific target population of adolescents aged 12 to 18 who are at risk of obesity."
Alternatives: "a defined demographic group" or "a particular audience".
In this retrospective observational study of a specific target population we are unable to calculate the specificity of either test with respect to preterm delivery or IUGR infant, or to calculate negative or positive predictive values.
A successful market shaping initiative requires identifying a problem, evaluating science- or technology-based solutions, selecting a specific target population, designing and implementing an intervention, and assessing impact.
Fast dissolving disintegrating tablets (FDDTs) containing different dosages of melatonin have been manufactured for administration to a specific target population: pediatric patients, having potential difficulties taking other oral forms.
Somewhat related is the Capture-Recapture method, which samples a specific target population at a certain place and repeats the sampling at a later stage (cf. Berry, 2007).
For example, the model of social brainstorming, also referred to as ideagoras or idea management, you create an open online system to involve all the people that you may like to draw from a specific target population, provide some topics to structure discussion and then allow them to debate, rate and rank the best ideas.
This choice limits the initial problem to a specific target population.
We tested current models (PM and AM) with a sample of 7 9 year-olds, and then developed a model appropriate to this specific target population.
The exercise objectives, specified for the specific target population were set by an in-depth literature search and by seeking advices of medical oncologists, radiotherapists and a surgeon.
However, neither the RDQ nor, as far as we know, any other PRO instrument has been developed for the specific target population of patients with GERD with a partial response to PPI therapy.
