In Preparation for a Study of the Effectiveness of an Antipsychotic

question 172

Multiple Choice

In preparation for a study of the effectiveness of an antipsychotic drug, an assistant puts all drugs into capsules of the same color and codes them. The assistant will have no part in administering the drug. Neither the subjects nor the experimenter will know who receives which drug. This is an example of a:

• A) single-blind design.
• B) double-blind design.
• C) triple-blind design.
• D) quasi-experimental design.

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