Suppose that you have selected the 19 clients in your current caseload as your study sample. You have found similarities between these individuals and the clients from the past year in regard to variables that help determine how well individuals make good use of treatment. For example, there were similarities in regard to the number of years in which they have experienced the problem that brought them to you agency. Which of the following is true?

A. You can generalize your findings to those clients you have served in the past year on a scientific basis.
B. You cannot generalize your findings on any basis because of the data you have analyzed and the way you have selected your study sample.
C. You can use your data on similarities to assert that you can logically generalize your findings to those clients you have served in the past year.
D. You can use the data you have analyzed to assert that you can logically generalize your findings to all clients served by your agency in the past year.


Ans: C

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