A psychologist is studying pilot trainees.She picks a select group of trainees that she hopes is representative of all other trainees.The group of trainees being studied by this psychologist is collectively known to researchers as a
A)sample.
B)population.
C)target group.
D)control group.

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The group of trainees being studied by the psychologist is only a subset of the entire population of pilot trainees. Therefore, it is referred to as a sample. The population would include all pilot trainees, while the sample is only a select group from that population. The target group refers to the group of people that the study intends to generalize the results to. The control group is a group that does not receive the treatment or intervention being studied, and is used for comparison purposes.

A Psychologist Is Studying Pilot Trainees