To investigate human sexuality in general, Kinsey and his colleagues studied just over 10,000 Americans. These people constituted Kinsey's:

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Kinsey's 10,000 Americans are his sample, which is the group of individuals that he selected to study and generalize about the entire population of Americans. The population refers to the entire group of individuals that the researcher is interested in studying, which would be all Americans in this case. A control group is used to compare results to an experimental group, which is not applicable in this context.

To Investigate Human Sexuality in General, Kinsey and His Colleagues