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Rebecca Chory, Ph.D., now an associate professor of communication at West Virginia University, began studying the effect of such portrayals on patients' attitudes toward physicians. Using a survey of 300 undergraduate students, she compared perceptions of physicians in 1992—the end of the era when physicians were shown as all-knowing, wise father figures—with those in 1999, when shows such as ER and Chicago Hope (1994–2000) were continuing the transformation to showing the private side and lives of physicians, including vivid demonstrations of their weaknesses and insecurities.
Dr. Chory found that, regardless of the respondents' personal experience with physicians, those who watched certain kinds of television had declining perceptions of physicians' composure and regard for others. Her results indicated that the more prime time physician shows that people watched in which physicians were the main characters, the more uncaring, cold, and unfriendly the respondents thought physicians were.
Is the sample likely to be representative of the population of interest?
No, the population of interest is real life doctors but only undergraduate students were surveyed.No, the population of interest is all patients but only undergraduate students were surveyed. No, the population of interest is TV doctors but only undergraduate students were surveyed.Yes, 300 students is a large enough sample to represent the whole population.Yes, undergraduate students were surveyed and they are representative of all patients.
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