Dr Hyper Treated 20 Patients Using a New Therapeutic Procedure

question 139

Multiple Choice

Dr. Hyper treated 20 patients using a new therapeutic procedure. An outside observer rated the children's activity level on a laboratory task before and after the treatment; 80% of the children decreased their activity level following treatment, and Dr. Hyper concluded that the procedure was highly effective. What is the major problem with Dr. Hyper's experiment?

• A)Lack of control group
• B)Not double-blind
• C)No baseline measure
• D)The observer was biased

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