Define what a sample is and identify the sample in a researc

Define what a sample is and identify the sample in a research scenario. For example, in a study with 15 student participants who have a mean SAT score of 678, what is the sample?

Solution

Sample : The subset of the population is called the sample. A set of data is collected or obtained from the statistical population understudy is called sample.

In the given example, all the student who participated in SAT is the population and the students selected (15) from this population is called the sample.