In order to estimate the height of all students at your university, let's assume you have measured the height of all psychology majors at the university. If you had measured the height scores of all students at your university, these scores would constitute a _________.
A) population
B) sample
C) parameter
D) statistic

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A population refers to the entire group of individuals or objects that we want to draw conclusions about, while a sample is a subset of the population that is actually measured. In this scenario, if you had measured the height scores of all students at your university, this would be the population since it includes all individuals of interest. The height scores of just psychology majors would be a sample of the population. Parameter and statistic refer to numerical values used to describe a population or sample, respectively, so these options are not the best choices for this question.

In Order to Estimate the Height of All Students at Your