Question

Let's assume you are conducting an experiment to determine the effect of a new drug on the incidence of epileptic seizures. You select 20 epileptics from the 150 epileptics being treated at a nearby hospital and administer the drug to them. You record the number of seizures in each of the 20 subjects for one month. The 20 subjects constitute _________.

Answer 1

The 20 subjects constitutes the sample

Explanation:

Given

`Total = 150`

`Selected = 20`

Required

What does 20 represent?

The 150 patients being treated is the population of the study. When a certain amount is selected from a population, the selected is referred to as a sample.

So, this means that, 20 represents sample of the study.