A Researcher Uses an Anonymous Survey to Investigate the Television-Viewing

question 31

Multiple Choice

A researcher uses an anonymous survey to investigate the television-viewing habits of American adolescents.Based on the set of 356 surveys that were completed and returned,the researcher finds that these students spend an average of 3.1 hours each day watching television.For this study,the set of 356 students who returned surveys is an example of a _______.

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

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