Identify the unit of analysis (that is, what kind of entity is being researched) and the population

(i.e. what kind of group of entities forms the entire population) for each of the following research

projects.

(a) An investigation of the arithmetic skills of South African children between ages of 8 and 10

years.

(b) A survey of all South African companies to find out what kind of losses they suffered during

the COVID-19 lockdown.

(c) Research into the number and type of educational posters in Grade R class rooms in Gauteng

schools.

(d) An investigation to find out what percentage of the UNISA students who wrote the May-June

2020 online examinations were unable to write because of limited internet access.

(e) An investigation of what percentage of undergraduate module examinations in May/June

2020 were written by less than 80% of the students admitted to the examination.

(f) A research project with the aim to find out whether South African men or women drivers have

more accidents.

(g) A research project with the aim to find out whether car accidents where a man was driving

tend to be more severe than car accidents in which a woman was driving.

(h) An investigation to find out whether South Africans with graduate degrees are more likely to

be employed than South Africans without graduate degrees.

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