In a Study Designed to Test the Effects of a New

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Multiple Choice

In a study designed to test the effects of a new drug developed to treat Alzheimer's disease,half the patients were given the actual drug while the other half of the patients were given a placebo (sugar pill) .In this study,the experimental group is

• A) the patients who show evidence of an improvement in their memory.
• B) the group who received the actual drug.
• C) the group who received the placebo.
• D) the patients who were not included in the study.