A study analyzing the effect of exercise on diet control in Hispanic women with type II diabetes would most credibly be generalizable to which population?
a. All patients with type II diabetes
b. Hispanic patients with type II diabetes
c. Hispanic women with type II diabetes
d. Women with type II diabetes
ANS: C
Generalization is the extension of the implications of the research findings from the sample to a larger population.
The population that the sample represents does not include all patients with type II diabetes.
The population that the sample represents does not include all Hispanic patients with type II diabetes.
The population that the sample represents does not include all women patients with type II diabetes.
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