New Medications Undergo Extensive Human Testing Before Receiving FDA Approval

question 63

Multiple Choice

New medications undergo extensive human testing before receiving FDA approval. These tests represent an experiment, and variations in the dosage given to participants represents the

• A) dependent variable.
• B) independent variable.
• C) correlation coefficient.
• D) invariable.

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