A Researcher Interested in the Health Problems of People with Schizophrenia

question 81

Multiple Choice

A researcher interested in the health problems of people with schizophrenia interviews only those people diagnosed with the disorder who are in an inpatient facility. The most glaring weakness in this study is

• A) the absence of correlational statistics.
• B) the failure to use DSM-IV criteria for health problems.
• C) having an inappropriate control group.
• D) nonrepresentative sampling.

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