In a Drug Study to Test the Effectiveness of a New

question 105

Multiple Choice

In a drug study to test the effectiveness of a new drug for treating the common cold, you are randomly assigned to a group that gets the drug.This means that you _____.

• A)will probably get a cold
• B)are in the experimental group
• C)are in the placebo group
• D)are in the control group

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