Fritsch, E. J., Trulson, C. R., & Blackburn, A. G. (2022). Applied research methods in criminal justice and criminology. University of North Texas Libraries. https://dx.doi.org/10.12794/sps.ot-cjresearchmethods Read Chapter 3. This source explains population and representative sampling.
Taylor, S. (2008). Target population. In Encyclopedia of epidemiology (Vol. 2, pp. 1030-1031). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412953948 This source explains what a target population is.
Singh, K. (2007). Sampling and sample size estimation. In Sampling and sample size estimation (pp. 88-121). SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, https://doi.org/10.4135/9789351507741 This source explains population, sampling, sampling frame and the parameters of a population.