_________________ Refers to the Finding That Patients in Medical Research

question 53

Multiple Choice

_________________ refers to the finding that patients in medical research who are in a control condition and who do not receive actual medication, sometimes show an improvement in the illness.

• A) Conformity
• B) Confounding
• C) The placebo effect
• D) Experimental error

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