Sampling is familiar to us all. In the course of daily activities, we make decisions and draw conclusions through sampling. A nursing student may select an elective course by sampling two or three classes on the first day of the semester
What is sampling?
A) Identification of a set of elements used for selecting study participants
B) Established population characteristics to determine who could participate in a study
C) Process of selecting a subset of the population to represent the entire population
D) Technique for ensuring that every element in the population has an equal chance of being included in the study
C
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