Most analysts focus on the cost of tuition as the way to measure the cost of a university education. But incidentals, such as textbook costs, are rarely considered. A researcher at Free State University wishes to estimate the textbook costs of first-year students at UFS. To do so, he monitored the textbook cost of 500 first-year students and found that their average textbook cost was R 500 per semester. Identify the population of interest to the researcher.

Question

All Free State University students.


All UFS students.


All first-year Free State University students.


The 500 students that were monitored.

Answer 1

All first-year UFS students.