Review the articles by Peltzer, Preez, Ramlagan, & Fomundam (2008) Links to an external site. and Westrom, Maiers, Evans, & Bronfort (2010) Links to an external site., and select one to use as the basis of your assignment. In your paper:
Describe the population being researched in this study.
Summarize the methods used to identify the sample and recruit participants into the study.
Compare the study sample to the population. Evaluate whether or not the study sample accurately reflects the population.
Assess whether or not the study findings can be reliably generalized to the population based on the sampling methods.
Propose one additional strategy that could have been used in the study to effectively sample the population to ensure the study results are generalizable to the population.