The administration of Virginia Commonwealth University has been asked to extend the Drop/Add Period to two weeks (instead of the current one week period). VCU will do so if it is convinced that more than half of the student body is in favor of this change. Of the 1500 students surveyed, 803 are in favor of extending the Drop/Add Period as proposed.
The population for this study is
A) 1500 VCU students.
B) all VCU students.
C) more than half of VCU students.
D) the VCU administration.

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The population for this study is all VCU students because the goal is to determine if more than half of the student body is in favor of extending the Drop/Add Period, not just the 1500 students surveyed. Therefore, the results need to represent the entire student body.

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