Dr Hugo Designs an Experiment to Test the Effectiveness of a New

question 117

Multiple Choice

Dr. Hugo designs an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new antidepressant drug. Half the participants will receive the actual drug and half will receive a sugar pill, but neither the participants nor the researchers who administer the drug will know who is receiving the actual drug and who is receiving the placebo. In this case, Dr. Hugo has designed

• A) a study that will minimize self-report bias.
• B) an unethical research procedure.
• C) a double-blind research study.
• D) a correlational study with two confounded factors.

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