Amy is conducting a survey of dating attitudes and behaviors among young adults as part of her master's thesis work. Amy distributes questionnaires to 200 randomly selected students enrolled in an introductory psychology course at her university. The 200 students constitute Amy's _____. The people to whom she assumes her results will generalize are termed the _____.
A)control group; sample
B)experimental group; population
C)population; sample
D)sample; population

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The 200 students are a sample, while the people to whom Amy assumes her results will generalize (i.e. all young adults) are the population. Therefore, option C is incorrect. The terms control group and experimental group are not relevant to this scenario, so option A and option B are also incorrect.

Amy Is Conducting a Survey of Dating Attitudes and Behaviors