A researcher questioned 45 randomly-selected members of the freshman class about their experiences drinking alcohol and used these responses to estimate the drinking behavior of the entire freshman class of 1500. In this example, the 45 interviewees were the and the was the population.
a. sample, student body
b. parameters, freshman class
c. statistics, parameters
d. sample, freshman class
ANSWER: d
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