Aresearch 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 900 acccounting alumni of a large university; however, due to nonresponse and incomplete answers, only 225 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 findings suggest that machiavellian behavior is not required to achieve success in the accounting profession. complete parts a through c below. a. what is the population of interest to the researcher?