One difficulty in conducting medical research is that
participants often assume that any treatment will be effective in alleviating their symptoms. Therefore, a researcher has to design an experiment that measures the influence of
A) random selection.
B) medical confounds.
C) the Rosenthal effect.
D) the placebo effect.
Answer: D
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What will be an ideal response?
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.