A professor wanted to learn more about the body image concerns of young teenage girls. She randomly selected 200 girls from local middle schools to complete her questionnaire. These girls were
A) a random population.
B) an experimental group.
C) a representative sample.
D) the sampling frame.

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The sample of 200 girls is representative because they were randomly selected from local middle schools, which indicates that they are a good representation of the population of interest, young teenage girls. The other options are not applicable as the girls were not manipulated or treated in any way, nor were they the population from which the sample was taken.

A Professor Wanted to Learn More About the Body Image