A Nurse Is Reading an Abstract About a Study Related

Multiple Choice

A nurse is reading an abstract about a study related to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.The purpose is stated as follows: "To examine the generalizability of two randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials in patients with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever to determine whether steroid therapy resulted in the positive outcomes." The nurse knows generalizability refers to what outcome?

A) The conclusion that findings can be generalized from the sample to the entire population
B) The fact that the group of steroids used is from the same organic compounds
C) The possibility that the subjects were carefully selected and that outside influence is thus suspected
D) The fact that the type of bacteria carried by ticks is universal