Question

9. As part of her master’s thesis work, Amy is conducting a survey of dating attitudes and behaviors among young adults. She first distributes questionnaires to 200 randomly selected students enrolled in introductory psychology courses at her university. The 200 students constitute Amy's ______. The people to whom she assumes her results will generalize are termed the ______.

Answer 1

sample, population

Step-by-step explanation:

In inferential statistics analysis of a sample which represents a larger population is chosen and the results of the analysis reflects what the results would have been if the entire population was considered as the sample. The accuracy of the research depends on how closely the sample represents the population

Amy is completing her master’s thesis work through inferential statistics. She is trying to find out the dating attitudes and behaviors among young adults. It is not possible to carry out the survey by considering the entire population of the country. So, she has taken a sample of 200 young adults from a larger population. The sample has been chosen in such a manner that it reflects the larger population.