A sociologist uses a survey to study the attitudes of adults in the United States concerning premarital sex among teenagers. In this study, the target population consists of all , and the group that is asked the survey questions is called the .

A) teenagers in the United States; reference group
B) teenagers in the United States who have engaged in premarital sex; experimental group
C) adults in the United States; sample
D) adults in the United States who have teenage children; units of analysis

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A sociologist uses a survey to study the attitudes of adults in the United States concerning premarital sex among teenagers. In this study, the target population consists of all ________, and the group that is asked the survey questions is called the ________.

A) teenagers in the United States; reference group
B) teenagers in the United States who have engaged in premarital sex; experimental group
C) adults in the United States; sample
D) adults in the United States who have teenage children; units of analysis

BELINDA CUDJOE · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  The target population in this study is adults in the United States, so option C is the correct answer. Option A refers to the group that the study is about, but not the group that is surveyed, so it is not correct. Option B focuses on teenagers who have engaged in premarital sex, which may not be representative of the larger population, so it is not correct. Option D is incorrect because it refers to a specific subgroup of the target population, rather than the entire population.

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