A community health nurse is preparing to carry out an experimental epidemiologic study. Which action would be most important for the nurse to take?

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Experimental studies are carried out under carefully controlled conditions. In human populations, experimental studies should focus on disease prevention or health promotion rather than testing the cause of disease. The investigator exposes an experimental group to some factor and simultaneously observes a control group similar in characteristics to the experimental group but without the exposure factor. An experimental study need not be elaborate to provide important data.

A Community Health Nurse Is Preparing to Carry Out an Experimental