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abern

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A researcher wishes to study the effects of a nursing intervention on children with cancer and obtains a sample of school-age children hospitalized for cancer treatment in a local hospital. This sample represents the
 
  a. accessible population.
  b. general population
  c. target population.
  d. theoretical population.

Question 2

The benefit to using a sample that utilizesnarrow sampling criteria is that there is increased
 
  a. control of extraneous variables.
  b. generalizability.
  c. heterogenicity.
  d. range of values and scores.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A



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