Question

A pharmaceutical company is conducting an experiment to test the effectiveness of a tricyclic antidepressant. Which of the following, if true, would indicate that the experimenters used a placebo_____________________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Because the experiments used a placebo, the participants would be unable to determine if the treatments they were receiving are false.

Placebo in the medical field are used to deceive patients during clinical experiments.

Explanation:

Because the experiments used a placebo, the participants would be unable to determine if the treatments they were receiving are false.

Placebo in the medical field are used to deceive patients during clinical experiments.