A New Anti-Depressant Is Being Tested in a Study in Which

question 36

Multiple Choice

A new anti-depressant is being tested in a study in which neither the patient nor the physician knows whether a patient is getting the drug or the placebo.However, due to the reported side effects, a questionnaire given after the data are collected reveals the 85% of participants and patients were correct in identifying whether they were in the experimental or control condition.Contrary to design expectations, the experiment was not ________.

• A)effective
• B)reliable
• C)correlational
• D)double-blind

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