A Research Team Is Doing a Study of the Effectiveness

question 193

Multiple Choice

A research team is doing a study of the effectiveness of medication vs. psychotherapy for treating schizophrenia vs. bipolar disorder. Participants are randomly assigned to receive either medication or psychotherapy. Which of the following is a classificatory variable in the study?

• A)Which treatment the participants received
• B)The number of symptoms that improved as a result of treatment
• C)The diagnoses given to the participants
• D)The length of treatment

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