The Director of a Major Hospital Complex Conducts a Study

The director of a major hospital complex conducts a study to discover the types of critical incidents that have occurred in this hospital and its sister hospital over the past 5 years. The director makes a list of every critical incident that has occurred over this period. Choose the true statements about this list.

A) The list is the dependent variable.
B) The list represents the hospital director's assumptions.
C) The items on the list include every critical incident that has occurred over the past 5 years.
D) The sample elements comprise the list.
E) If the two hospitals have been in operation only 5 years, the list contains both the sample elements and the accessible population.