How Could a Nurse Researcher Control for Selection Bias in a Study

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Multiple Choice

How could a nurse researcher control for selection bias in a study?

• A) By allowing subjects to self-select into an experimental or a control group
• B) By hand picking the subjects for the study and determining the group assignment
• C) By using defined selection criteria for approaching potential subjects
• D) The task of selecting subjects should not be performed by the researcher conducting the study.

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