In an Experiment Testing the Effects of a New Antipsychotic

question 121

Multiple Choice

In an experiment testing the effects of a new antipsychotic drug,neither Dr. Cunningham nor her patients know whether the patients are in the experimental or the control group. This is an example of

• A)outcome research.
• B)within-subjects research.
• C)the double-blind technique.
• D)the single-blind technique.

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Experiments

Systematic and scientific procedures carried out under controlled conditions to investigate a hypothesis or demonstrate a known fact.

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