Amy is conducting a survey of dating attitudes and behaviors among young adults as part of her masters' thesis work. Amy distributes questionnaires to 200 randomly selected students enrolled in an introductory psychology course at her university. The 200 students constitute Amy's ________. The people of whom she assumes her results will generalize are termed the _______.

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The 200 students to whom Amy distributes questionnaires are her sample because they are a subset of the larger group she is interested in studying. The larger group to which she hopes to generalize her findings is termed the population.

Amy Is Conducting a Survey of Dating Attitudes and Behaviors