You ask a sample of 27 students in a particular dorm on campus about their religious beliefs and use this information to make generalizations about all students in the dorm. In this research situation________.
A) the 27 students questioned are a population.
B) the dorm is a sample.
C) this is an example of descriptive statistics.
D) the sample is the 27 students who were questioned.

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The sample in this research situation refers to the 27 students who were questioned, as they represent a portion of the larger population of students in the dorm. It is not appropriate to consider the 27 students as the population. Additionally, the dorm is not a sample or a population, but rather the location where the research is being conducted. Descriptive statistics may be used to summarize the data collected from the sample, but this is not the primary issue addressed in the question.

You Ask a Sample of 27 Students in a Particular