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 ______.

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The 200 students are a sample, as Amy has only surveyed a subset of the larger population of young adults. The people to whom she assumes her results will generalize are the population, which in this case are young adults in general, not just the 200 students she surveyed.

As Part of Her Master's Thesis Work, Amy Is Conducting