Is the Study Observational or Experimental

question 18

Multiple Choice

Is the study observational or experimental
-A clinic gives a drug to a group of ten patients and a placebo to another group of ten patients to find out if the drug has an effect on the patients' illness.

• A) Observational
• B) Experimental

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