Researchers suspect that the average number of units passed per semester by university students is rising.A researcher at Brisbane University wishes to estimate the number of units passed by students during the second semester at Brisbane.To do so,he randomly selects 100 student transcripts and records the number of units each student passed in second semester.He found that the average number of semester units passed was 6.85 units per student.Identify the population of interest to the researcher.
A) All university students.
B) All Brisbane University students enrolled in second semester.
C) All Brisbane University students.
D) All university students enrolled in second semester.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The population of interest to the researcher is limited to students enrolled in the second semester at Brisbane University, as the researcher only collected data from this specific group. It would not be appropriate to generalize the results to all university students or all Brisbane University students. Therefore, option B is the best choice.

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