A clinical nurse supervisor (CNS)is designing an experiment that will evaluate the effectiveness of household pets in treating depression.Using computer software,she generates a list of 200 people.In the sampling process,every possible sample in the population of size 200 has the same chance of being selected.Is this a simple random sample?
A) yes
B) no
C) It depends on the information the CNS seeks from the people.
D) More information is needed to answer the question.

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Since every possible sample in the population of size 200 has the same chance of being selected, this is a simple random sample. Whether or not the CNS seeks specific information from the people does not affect the method of sampling used.

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