The nurse is reading a research report and notices that the stated N for the study is 95. In the reports section, data are provided for 87 subjects. What is the most important question for the reader to ask about this study?
1. What is the accessible population?
2. Does the sample size that is left represent the population adequately?
3. How is dropout handled in the study?
4. Did bias in the selection of participants result in dropout?
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Rationale 1: Although this is important knowledge for critiquing the study, it is not the most important question given the scenario presented.
Rationale 2: This is an important consideration, but is probably not the most important question given the scenario presented.
Rationale 3: This is the most important question at this point. What happened to the other eight study participants? Were their data presented in some analysis and not in others? Why did they drop out?
Rationale 4: This could be an important question, but not as important as how the researcher is handling the dropout.
Global Rationale:
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