In a Study Designed to Determine the Incidence of Hypertension

question 2

Multiple Choice

In a study designed to determine the incidence of hypertension (high blood pressure) in an inner‐city community, a sample of residents is selected for examination.Which
Of the following sampling methods is likely to lead to the least bias?

• A)Residents who respond to a call for volunteers in the community's weekly newspaper
• B)Residents living in a random selection of addresses from the community
• C)Residents selected from records of the local general practitioner
• D)Residents randomly selected from the check‐out lines at the local supermarket
• E)Any of the above would be OK

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