Sandra is doing research on cheating among students at Duke University.The student body at Duke will serve as her:
A) sample.
B) population.
C) random sample.
D) fieldwork.

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The student body at Duke University represents the entire group of interest for Sandra's research, so they are the population. A sample would be a smaller group taken from the population for the purpose of research. Random sample refers to a sample that is chosen randomly from the population, and fieldwork refers to the process of going out into the field to collect data.

Sandra Is Doing Research on Cheating Among Students at Duke