Sometimes in a Drug Study, the Experimental Group Given the Actual

question 658

Multiple Choice

Sometimes in a drug study, the experimental group given the actual drug and the control group given the inactive substance both initially show improvement. This is due to

• A)statistical significance.
• B)the placebo effect.
• C)a biased sample.
• D)a random assignment of subjects.

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