RN License: A Case Study

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Week one I chose to research the age at which a registered nurse first obtained their RN license. When doing my study I would begin by doing literature research. There are many reliable websites and data which show content validity. Reliability would be insured by preforming my survey at many different locations and using the largest sample size possible.
I would use stratified method of sampling. I chose this method because I want to ensure representation of the older population of nurses in the survey. If I choose to do a simple random sampling I believe that my results may be limited. The data obtained from younger nurses may not represent people who obtained licensure at an older age. All though, surveying an older nurse may result in

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