A research team is curious about the relationship between exercise habits and academic performance among American college students.In order to get their data,the researchers randomly select seventeen colleges by pulling names out of a hat.They travel to campuses and stand in prominent public places asking for volunteers until they have ten people from each campus willing to be interviewed.What is the researchers' target population?

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The researchers' target population is American college students, as stated in the question. The fact that they randomly selected seventeen colleges and ten people from each campus is simply their sampling method. The sample they obtained is B, the 170 students who were interviewed.

A Research Team Is Curious About the Relationship Between Exercise