Suppose That Scientists Want to Determine If an Experimental Vaccine

question 49

Multiple Choice

Suppose that scientists want to determine if an experimental vaccine is effective in preventing a particular disease. In an experiment designed to test the vaccine, those participants who receive a placebo (nonmedicinal) solution rather than the proposed vaccine are part of what group?

• A)control
• B)research
• C) placebo
• D) experimental

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