A Clinical Nurse Supervisor (CNS) Is Designing an Experiment That

question 28

Multiple Choice

A clinical nurse supervisor (CNS) is designing an experiment that will evaluate the effectiveness of household pets in treating depression.Using computer software, she generates a list of 200 people.In the sampling process, every possible sample in the population of size 200 has the same chance of being selected.Is this a simple random sample?

• A) Yes
• B) No
• C) Depends on the information the CNS seeks from the people
• D) Need more information to answer the question

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