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In a Study Designed to Test a New Antidepressant, Researchers

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In a study designed to test a new antidepressant, researchers randomly assigned a large number of psychiatric outpatients to one of two groups. Group A was given the active drug. Group B was given an identical-looking inert drug. Three psychologists independently used the Beck Depression Inventory to measure the participants' level of depression after two weeks. The independent variable in this study was the:


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