What is a placebo?

a) A standard of comparison for the treatment being tested.
b) The researcher know who is in the treatment group.
c) A subject who does not know which treatment he is receiving.
d) A fake medicine that is indistinguishable from the real thing.


Ans: d) A fake medicine that is indistinguishable from the real thing.

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