Subjects who participate in a study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease are described as the:
a. accessible population.
b. element.
c. sample.
d. target population.
ANS: C
A sample is that group of people who are representing the entire population and participating in the study. Samples are expected to represent an entire population.
The accessible population is that portion of the entire population that the researcher can actually use.
An element is an individual unit of a study population.
The target population is the entire set of individuals who meet the sampling criteria.
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