The effects of different lighting levels on productivity are evaluated using a designed experiment.Two hundred office workers who have the same basic job assignments are randomly selected to participate.Each worker is randomly assigned a different lighting level at his or her desk.Ambient (background) lighting is held constant for all workers.A benchmark of productivity is recorded for each worker.In this study, the sample is best described as:
A) 200 office workers.
B) the different lighting levels.
C) the amount of productivity.
D) all office workers with similar job assignments.

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The sample is the group of 200 office workers who were randomly selected to participate in the study. The other variables (different lighting levels and amount of productivity) are the treatments and response variables, respectively.

The Effects of Different Lighting Levels on Productivity Are Evaluated