Question

Dr. Stuart wants to study whether there is a relationship between the number of hours a high school senior spends on social networking sites and their grade point average. He obviously cannot study every 12th grader, so instead he will select a smaller ________ of seniors to study.

Answer 1

Answer: SAMPLE.

Explanation: He obviously cannot study every 12th grader, so instead he will select a smaller SAMPLE of seniors to study.

Sample in research methodology is defined as a subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population. A sample is referred to as an unbiased estimator of a population.