Research Methodologies in Health Care 

Discussion:  Representative sample

Please read chapter 11 of the ebook and this peer-reviewed article from the journal Nature:

Long COVID and symptom trajectory in a representative sample of Americans in the first year of the pandemic | Scientific Reports (nature.com)

Please discuss the following questions in your posts: Why do the authors feel confident stating that they have a "representative sample" in this study? If you were designing a study, would you use probability sampling or non-probability sampling? Why? Do you think we should consider sample size when interpreting research results?

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Chapter 11-

Course Materials -Shi, Leiyo (2019). Health Services Research Methods, 3rd Edition. Boston, MA:Cengage Learning, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-133-94967-1