A research company performed a study of Machiavellian traits in accountants. Machiavellian describes negative character traits that include manipulation, cunning, duplicity, deception, and bad faith. A questionnaire was administered to a random sample of 600 acccounting alumni of a large university; however, due to nonresponse and incomplete answers, only 174 questionnaires could be analyzed. Several variables were measured, including age, gender, level of education, income, job satisfaction score, and Machiavellian (\"Mach") rating score. The research ndings suggest that Machiavellian behavior is not required to achieve success in the accounting profession, Complete pans a through f. a. What is the population of interest to the researcher? A. The 600 accounting alumni . All alumni of the large university 0. All l74 accounting alumni who returned the questionnaire . All accounting alumni of the large university b. What type of data (quantitative or qualitative) is produced by each of the variables measured? . The quantitative variables are gender, level of education, job satisfaction score, and Machiavellian rating. The qualitative variables are age and income. . The quantitative variables are age, income, job satisfaction score, and Machiavellian rating. The qualitative variables are gender and level of education. . The quantitative variables are age. income, and gender. The qualitative variables are level of education, lob satisfaction score, and Machiavellian rating. . The quantitative variables are gender, level of education, and job satisfaction score. The qualitative variables are age, income, and Machiavellian rating, c. Identify the sample. Choose the correct answer below. A. The sample is all accounting alumni of the large university. . The sample is the 174 accounting alumni who returned the questionnaire. i C. The sample is all alumni of the large university. . The sample is the 600 accounting alumni who returned the questionnaire. A research company performed a study of Machiavellian traits in accountants. Machiavellian describes negative character traits that include manipulation. cunning. duplicity. deception, and bad faith. A questionnaire was administered to a random sample of 600 acccounting alumni ofa large university: however. due to nonresponse and incomplete answers. only 174 questionnaires could be analyzed. Several variables were measured. including age. gender. level of education, income. job satisfaction score. and Machiavellian ("Mach") rating score. The research ndings suggest that Machiavellian behavior is not required to achieve success in the accounting profession. Complete parts a through f. Ci C. The quantitative variables are age. income, and gender. The qualitative variables are level of education, job satisfaction score. and Machiavellian rating. O D. The quantitative variables are gender. level of education. and job satisfaction score. The qualitative variables are age. income. and Machiavellian rating. c. identify the sample. Choose the correct answer below. . The sample is all accounting alumni of the large university. . The sample is the 174 accounting alumni who returned the questionnaire. . The sample is ali alumni of the large university. . The sample is the 600 accounting alumni who returned the questionnaire. d. identify the datarcollection method used. Choose the correct answer below. Ci A. The data were collected observationally. Ci 3. The data are from a published source. . The data are from a survey. (:l D. The data are from a designed experiment. e. What inference was made by the researcher? portant to achieve success 'n the accou . Job satisfaction is important to achieve success in the accounting profession. Machiavellian behavior is not required to achieve success in the accounting profession. Li D. Gender does not have an effect on success in the accounting profession. f. How might the nonresponses impact the inference? Ci A. Nonresponses cause inaccuracies in the values of the data being recorded. Nonrespondents may be more Machiaveliian in nature. biasing the results. Nonrespondents may be dissatisfied with their jobs. biasing the results. Nonresponses decrease the sample size. making the resuits more accurate