Marc Fortier, Director of Human Resources, is exploring the causes of employee absenteeism at Lennoxville Bottling during the last operating year.Personnel records for 50 of the plant's 250 employees are selected for analysis.For this study, the group of 50 employees is a ___.
A)parameter
B)sample
C)population
D)statistic
E)frame

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The group of 50 employees is a sample because it is a subset of the entire population of 250 employees at Lennoxville Bottling. A parameter refers to a numerical characteristic of a population, while a statistic refers to a numerical characteristic of a sample. A frame is a list of all individuals or objects in a population.

Marc Fortier, Director of Human Resources, Is Exploring the Causes