When Conducting a Research Study Using a Convenience Sample of All

question 18

Multiple Choice

When conducting a research study using a convenience sample of all second-grade students from two classrooms in a nearby school,the nurse researcher may increase the sample control by

• A) assigning one classroom to the experimental group and the other classroom to the control group.
• B) exposing all subjects to the treatment variable and then comparing the outcome data to pretreatment data.
• C) randomly assigning students from both classrooms to either the experimental group or the control group.
• D) using these subjects as treatment subjects and comparing outcomes to a group of subjects from a similar study.

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