A researcher wishes to study the effects of a nursing intervention on children with cancer and obtains a sample of school-age children hospitalized for cancer treatment in a local hospital. This sample represents the
a. accessible population.
b. general population
c. target population.
d. theoretical population.
ANS: A
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