In Drug-Treatment Studies,double-Blind Procedures Minimize Outcome Differences Between Experimental and Control

question 433

Multiple Choice

In drug-treatment studies,double-blind procedures minimize outcome differences between experimental and control conditions that could be attributed to

• A)replication.
• B)operational definitions.
• C)random sampling.
• D)placebo effects.

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Definitions:

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Aldaric Acid

A variety of sugar acid derived by converting the aldehyde group and the primary alcohol group in an aldose into carboxylic acids through oxidation.

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