SOLUTION: 2. A researcher is interested in how education might influence income in New York State. 1,000 NY residents were randomly selected throughout the state for a telephone survey. In t

Question 1061627: 2. A researcher is interested in how education might influence income in New York State. 1,000 NY residents were randomly selected throughout the state for a telephone survey. In this study, what is the population, and what is the sample?
A. Population: 1,000 residents; Sample: NY residents.
B. Population: education; Sample: income levels.
C. Population: NY residents; Sample: 1,000 residents.
D. Population: Income levels; Sample: education.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's C
Population is larger than or equal to sample, which removes A from consideration.
Population is not education, it is the group of interest. Education is the independent variable.
Income levels aren't the population; they are the dependent variable.
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