"Most doctors do not give enough painkiller to ease the suffering of cancer victims,"

is the conclusion of a study reported by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. The study
is based on a 1989 survey of 70,000 cancer patients treated by 1,177 cancer specialists during a
six-month period.



What will be an ideal response?


(Inductive generalization. The sample consists of 70,000 cancer patients, the
population is all cancer patients, and the target characteristic is, apparently,
patient's report of satisfaction with pain controlling treatments. Presumably a large
percentage of those patients interviewed said that their pain was not adequately
relieved.)

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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