During the clinical trial on the effectiveness of a new anti-anxiety medication, a researcher asks individuals to report their daily anxiety levels as they continue to take the medication. For this to be a sound experimental study, one group should receive a prescription with active ingredients and the other group should receive a __________.
A. placebo
B. agonist
C. drug
D. pseudotransmitter
Answer: A
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