Dr. Ziser conducts an experiment on life satisfaction using participants above the age of 80. All people above the age of 80 would make up the ____.
A) sample
B) census
C) population
D) subgroup

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The population is the entire group of individuals or objects that share a common characteristic or set of characteristics. In this case, the population is all people above the age of 80. A sample is a subset of the population that is selected for study. A census is a study of the entire population, which would be impractical in this case. A subgroup is a smaller group within a larger group, which could refer to any subset of the population. Therefore, the best choice is C, population.

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