In a Study on the Effects of Caffeine on Memory

question 369

Multiple Choice

In a study on the effects of caffeine on memory, participants drank a bottle of tasteless water containing 100, 50, or 0 milligrams of caffeine. Neither the researcher who handed out each bottle of water nor the study participants knew whether a bottle of water contained caffeine or not. This is an example of a _____ study.

• A) correlational
• B) case
• C) single-blind
• D) double-blind

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