Question

A sociologist wants to know the opinions of students about online education. He obtains a list of 750 students who have completed an online course recently and mails a questionnaire to 100 of the students. The 100 recipients of the questionnaire were randomly selected. Only 41 of the questionnaire were returned. Clearly define the population and the sample in this study.

Answer 1

the population is all students who have completed online classes.
the sample is the 750 students on the list.

Answer 2

See , thats what i originally thought, but then i thought maybe the population was the 750 and the sample was the 100 it was sent out to?

Answer 3

Yes. You're right. Sorry. My stats is a little rusty. ):

The population is the group from which the sample may be taken. The sample is 100. Sorry for the confusion.

Answer 4

Thank you! If I mail you another question could you see if you could help me on it , also?

Answer 5

sure!