A physician wants to test the effectiveness of a new allergy medication. The physician consults a researcher who regularly conducts clinical trials. The physician tells the researcher that she has a backlog of 100 patients she is treating effectively with the current leading medication, but who could potentially benefit even more from the new medication. The researcher recommends that the physician do a true experiment because of the availability of
A. a waiting-list control group.
B. a quasi-treatment control group.
C. an excess-demand control group.
D. a convenience control group.
A. a waiting-list control group
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