DrMartinez Is Doing a Research Study Examining the Effects of a New

question 35

Multiple Choice

Dr.Martinez is doing a research study examining the effects of a new headache medication on migraine pain.He decides to divide his participants up into four subject groups,each one of which will receive a different amount of medication to take when they have a migraine.The participants in group one receive a pill with 10 milligrams of the experimental medication,while the participants in group two receive a pill with 20 milligrams.Those assigned to group three receive a pill with 30 milligrams,while those in group four receive a placebo pill that has zero milligrams of the medication.How many experimental groups are in this research study?

• A) 1
• B) 2
• C) 3
• D) 4

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