a. Population of interest:b. Population actually studied:c. Is the sample representative of the population? A researcher is interested in job outcomes among recent college graduates. He obtains a list of all Harvard graduates from the past 10 years and selects a random sample of 1,000 people from that list to survey about their employment after graduation.a. **Population of interest:** - Recent college graduates in general.b. **Population actually studied:** - Harvard graduates from the past 10 years.c. **Is the sample representative of the population?** - The sample is representative of Harvard graduates from the past 10 years. However, it may not fully represent all recent college graduates due to potential differences in opportunities, experiences, or fields of study between Harvard graduates and graduates from other institutions.

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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

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a. Population of interest: b. Population actually studied: c. Is the sample representative of the population?

A researcher is interested in job outcomes among recent college graduates. He obtains a list of all Harvard graduates from the past 10 years and selects a random sample of 1,000 people from that list to survey about their employment after graduation.

a. **Population of interest:**
- Recent college graduates in general.

b. **Population actually studied:**
- Harvard graduates from the past 10 years.

c. **Is the sample representative of the population?**
- The sample is representative of Harvard graduates from the past 10 years. However, it may not fully represent all recent college graduates due to potential differences in opportunities, experiences, or fields of study between Harvard graduates and graduates from other institutions.

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In a research study, a population consists of all the individuals that make up for the demographic or have the characteristics that the researcher wants to study. However, since the population size is too big which could create problems concerning economic feasibility as well as time consumption, researchers resort to using a sample from that population. A sample is a group selected from the population which the researcher thinks best represents the population. The sample size is the number of people selected to be a part of the group.