Kevin is interested in doing a study on student attitudes toward the general education requirements on his campus.He surveys 50 students.This small group of students he surveyed is known as the:
A) population
B) control group
C) experimental group
D) sample
E) standardized group

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The small group of students that Kevin surveyed is called the sample, which represents a subset of the population he is interested in studying (in this case, all the students on his campus). The population refers to the entire group of individuals or cases that a researcher wants to study, whereas control and experimental groups are terms typically used in experimental designs, which are not mentioned or relevant in this scenario. Standardized group is not a common term in research methodology.

Kevin Is Interested in Doing a Study on Student Attitudes