DrNoyd Conducts an Experiment to Determine Whether Talking to a Psychiatrist

question 85

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Dr.Noyd conducts an experiment to determine whether talking to a psychiatrist makes depressed people less depressed.He randomly divides participants who scored highly on a depressive inventory into two groups.Group A discusses their problems with a psychiatrist while Group B does nothing.He finds that Group A shows significantly more improvement in their depression than does Group B.In Dr.Noyd's experiment,the experimental group refers to the ____.

• A) differences observed whether or not therapy was received
• B) individuals who discuss their problems
• C) scores on the depressive inventory
• D) random assignment

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