What is the population of interest to the researcher-


Accounting and Machiavellianism

Refer to the Behavioral Research in Accounting (January 2008) study of Machiavellian traits in accountants. Recall that a questionnaire was administered to a random sample of 700 accounting alumni of a large southwestern university; however, due to nonresponse and incomplete answers, only 198 questionnaires could be analyzed. Based on this information, the researchers concluded that Machiavellian behavior is not required to achieve success in the accounting profession.

(a) What is the population of interest to the researcher?

(b) Identify the sample.

(c) What inference was made by the researcher?

(d) How might the nonresponses impact the inference?

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