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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 _________.

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Answer:

The 20 subjects constitutes the sample

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

[tex]Total = 150[/tex]

[tex]Selected = 20[/tex]

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.

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