The standard medical research institutions and journals require placebo-controlled trials because they know that sugar pills yield better results than no pills at all. (Melvin Konner, "Faith Healers")This statement exemplifies a(n) ________.
A. report
B. unsupported assertion
C. conditional statement
D. argument
E. explanation
Answer: E
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