A Researcher Uses an Anonymous Survey to Investigate the Study

question 55

Multiple Choice

A researcher uses an anonymous survey to investigate the study habits of American college students.Based on the set of 56 surveys that were completed and returned, the researcher finds that these students spend an average of 4.1 hours each week working on course material outside of class.For this study, the set of 56 students who returned surveys is an example of a(n) _______.

• A)parameter
• B)statistic
• C)population
• D)sample

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