You ask a sample of 27 students in a particular dorm on campus about their religious beliefs and use this information to make generalizations about all students in the dorm. In this research situation
a. the 27 students questioned are a population.
b. the dorm is a sample.
c. this is an example of descriptive statistics.
d. the sample is the 27 students who were questioned.
ANSWER: d
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