A research team is curious about the relationship between exercise habits and academic performance among American college students. The researchers randomly select seventeen colleges by pulling names out of a hat. They travel to campuses and stand in prominent public places asking for volunteers until they have ten people from each campus willing to be interviewed. What is the researchers' target population?

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The researchers' target population is American college students, as their curiosity is focused on this specific group. The fact that they randomly selected seventeen colleges and interviewed ten students from each campus is their sampling method, not the definition of their target population. The 170 students they interviewed are part of the sample, not the target population. While young people may be part of the target population, it is not specific enough for the researchers' research question on the relationship between exercise habits and academic performance among American college students.

A Research Team Is Curious About the Relationship Between Exercise