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Below, the best definition of a sample is...

A subset of a group of people, things, or events used to make inferences about the total group

Any total group of people, things, or events that are the target of interest in a research study

A subset of people from a larger population of people

The total number of people belonging to any group who are the target of interest in a research study

Below, the best definition of a population is...

Any total group of people, things, or events that are the target of interest in a research study

A subset of a group of people, things, or events used to make inferences about the total group

A subset of people from a larger population of people

The total number of people belonging to any group who are the target of interest in a research study

Generally speaking, why do we use samples for conducting research instead of populations?

It would take too much time to reach the entire population

It would be too costly to reach the entire population

It is impossible to access every member of the population

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The goal(s) of using a sample for conducting research is to...

Estimate what is occurring in the larger population

Save time

Save money

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Researchers are interested in populations and sample because...

Populations are the target of questions we have about things that occur in the world

Researchers formulate research questions that relate to populations

Studying populations using samples is an effective way of answering research questions

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