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Exercises 37 through 40 refer to a clinical study conducted at the Houston Veterans Administration Medical centre on the effectiveness of knee surgery to cure degenerative arthritis (osteoarthritis) of the knee. Of the 324 individuals who met the inclusion criteria for the study,
a. Describe as specifically as you can the target population for this study.
b. Describe the sample.
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