A Nurse Is Reading an Abstract About a Study Related

question 8

Multiple Choice

A nurse is reading an abstract about a study related to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.The purpose is stated as follows: "To examine the generalizability of two randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials in patients with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever to determine whether steroid therapy resulted in the positive outcomes." The nurse knows generalizability refers to what outcome?

• A) The conclusion that findings can be generalized from the sample to the entire population
• B) The fact that the group of steroids used is from the same organic compounds
• C) The possibility that the subjects were carefully selected and that outside influence is thus suspected
• D) The fact that the type of bacteria carried by ticks is universal

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