You Are Designing a Research Study to Test the Effectiveness

question 96

Multiple Choice

You are designing a research study to test the effectiveness of a new type of treatment program for alcohol dependence, and you want to be able to assess changes in your subjects' craving for alcohol. Which of the following would be a good index of their craving?

• A) the amount of alcohol they drink
• B) the discomfort they experience when they don't drink
• C) their need to increase the amount that they drink
• D) the amount of time they spend planning to drink

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