1 galaxy due to an overlap of the galaxy spectra with a secondary object that falls within the same slit.\
Our final sample of galaxies used for the IMF analysis in this paper comprise of 102 galaxies. Henceforth we refer to this sample of galaxies as the ZFIRE stellar population (SP) sample.\
The redshift distribution for the [ZFIRE-SP sample]{} is shown by Figure \[fig:specz\_distribution\]. The [ZFIRE-SP sample]{} is divided into continuum detected and non-detected galaxies as described in section \[sec:cont\_fit\]. Galaxies in our sample lie within redshifts of $1.97<z<2.46$ corresponding to a $\Delta t \sim 650$ Myr.

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In order to determine any significant detection biases in our [ZFIRE-SP sample]{}, we evaluate the completeness of the galaxies selected in this analysis. We define a redshift window for analysis between $1.90<z<2.66$ ($\sim8.6$ Gpc), which corresponds to the redshifts that [H$\alpha$]{} emission will fall within the MOSFIRE K band. Note that here we discuss galaxies with [H$\alpha$]{} detections and Q$_z>1$, while in Section \[sec:sample\_selection\] we discussed the Q$_z=3$ [H$\alpha$]{} detected sample.

In the ZFOURGE catalogues used for the ZFIRE sample selection (see @Nanayakkara2016 for details), there were 1159 galaxies (including star-forming and quiescent galaxies) in the COSMOS field with photometric 