A drug company wants to investigate to see whether its product prevents colds. O
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Question
A drug company wants to investigate to see whether its product prevents colds. One group is given a bottle of medicine which the company produces. Another group is given a bottle of pure water, but resembling the bottle with real medicine. This experiment will be a double-blind experiment if the company investigator:a. makes a list of the patients who are given the real medicine.
b. makes a list of the patients who are given the fake medicine.
c. is kept from knowing who gets one or the other of bottles.
d. is asking them to drink a lot of orange juice.
e. None of the others
Explanation / Answer
c. is kept from knowing who gets one or the other of bottles. an experiment will be a double-blind if the person taking what is being tested doesn't know if they are getting a real thing or a fake and the person given it out and doing the tested doesn't know what it is