Use the Guidelines to Evaluate the Study

question 175

Multiple Choice

Use the guidelines to evaluate the study. From the information given, what is the biggest flaw in the study?
-A pharmaceutical company conducted a study to test the effectiveness of its new anti-depression medication. 500 adults suffering from depression were selected at random and were randomly
Assigned to either a treatment group or a placebo group. The experiment was double blind. The
Results were analyzed by the company.

• A)Selection bias
• B)The setting may not encourage honest responses
• C)The source of the study
• D)Confounding variables
• E)Variables are difficult to define/measure

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