A researcher wants to find out if a new math program is
superior to the old math program that is used to teach college algebra at a community college. She selects 400 students from the total student body of 4,000 students to participate in this study. The 400 students would be considered the
a. sample.
b. experimental group.
c. population.
d. control group.
ANSWER: a
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