A researcher wanted to determine whether eating sugary cereal for breakfast increased the aggression of second graders during their morning play period. After feeding a group of 20 students sugary cereal for breakfast she observed that, on average, the students committed 4.5 aggressive behaviors during their morning play period. In this example, the sample is:

20 students

Step-by-step explanation:

Sample is basically a selected subset of a population. A researcher is investigating the effect of sugary cereal on the aggression of second graders during morning play period. For this purpose, a researcher selected 20 student and feed them a sugary cereal and then observe their behaviors. Here, 20 student are selected from the all second grader students. So, the sample in the conducted study are 20 students.

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