Rosie Participated in a Study Assessing the Effectiveness of a Drug

question 45

Multiple Choice

Rosie participated in a study assessing the effectiveness of a drug to treat osteoporosis.Throughout the study, neither Rosie nor the person administering the dosage knew whether she was getting the real medication or a placebo.Rosie was participating in a ____.

• A)blind design study
• B)correlational study
• C)field study
• D)double-blind design study

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