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Which Group of People Within the Hospital Were Able to Tell

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Which group of people within the hospital were able to tell that the pseudopatients in David Rosenhan's "On Being Sane in Insane Places" were NOT actually mentally ill?


Definitions:

Point Estimate

A single value or statistic that serves as the best guess or most probable value of an unknown population parameter.

Population Parameter

A numerical value that summarizes a characteristic of an entire population.

Random Sampling

A method in statistical analysis where individuals or items are selected from a larger population entirely by chance, ensuring that every member has an equal opportunity of being chosen.

Convenience Sampling

A non-probability sampling method where participants are selected based on their availability and proximity to the researcher.

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