Imagine that a group of researchers conducted a single-blind study designed to test the effectiveness of subliminal-message weight-loss tapes. Suppose the researchers found that everyone lost weight during the study, even those who were given tapes without any subliminal messages. This type of result would
a. indicate that the independent and dependent variables are negatively correlated.
b. provide evidence that subliminal tapes are effective in promoting weight loss.
c. be evidence of a placebo effect.
d. be evidence that the study contained confounding variables.
C
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