A Doctor Prescribes a New Drug for a Sick Patient

question 14

Multiple Choice

A doctor prescribes a new drug for a sick patient. The patient gets well. Should the doctor believe that the drug made the patient well?

• A) Yes. This is a single-factor experiment.
• B) No. This represents a single-factor experiment
• C) No. There are too many threats to reliability to draw that conclusion
• D) No. There are too many threats to validity to draw that conclusion

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