Identify the statement that describes a population
1. Trauma clients hospitalized in an intensive care unit during January 2010
2. Four hundred nurses selected from a membership list of American Nurses' Association (ANA) members
3. Members of families of clients undergoing surgery, sitting in the waiting room of St. Francis Hospital
4. Members of a cult identified by other members of the same cult
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Rationale 1: This statement describes a population because it describes a complete set of persons that possess a common characteristic (i.e., clients who have experienced trauma requiring hospitalization in an intensive care unit).
Rationale 2: This statement refers to a random sample. A population is a complete set of persons or objects that possess some common characteristic that is of interest to the researcher. In this instance, the population is all members of the ANA.
Rationale 3: This statement identifies a convenience sample. In this instance, a population could be members of families undergoing surgery, sitting in the waiting room of any hospital.
Rationale 4: This statement describes network sampling. In this instance, a population would consist of all members of the cult.
Global Rationale:
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