When using Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials (CONSORT)guidelines to critically appraise a randomized controlled trial (RCT),the nurse will make sure that the study
A) is designed to definitively test a hypothesis.
B) is conducted in a laboratory to minimize setting bias.
C) uses subjects selected by the researcher for participation.
D) uses a descriptive or correlational design.

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RCTs should be designed to be a definitive test of the hypothesis that the intervention caused the defined dependent variables.RCTs should be conducted in a clinical setting and not a laboratory.Subjects selected by the researcher may be biased.Descriptive or correlational designs are not RCTs.

When Using Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials (CONSORT)guidelines to Critically