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What is a placebo, and why is it important in an experiment to test the effectiveness of a drug? What is a placebo? v ‘. A placebo refers to a specific member of a sample from which data are collected. . A placebo refers to any problem in the design or conduct of a statistical study that tends to favor certain results. .. A placebo refers to a situation in which a patient improves simply because they believe they are receiving a useful treatment. ). A placebo is physically similar to a treatment, but it lacks any active ingredients, so it should not by itself produce any effects. Why is it important in an experiment to test the effectiveness of a drug? v"‘ . A placebo is important so that results from subjects given a treatment can be compared with the results from subjects given a placebo. ~. A placebo exaggerates any psychological differences between the control group and the treatment group. ~. A placebo makes the sample more representative of the population. 2. A placebo makes the sample less representative of the population but the data can still be used to make inferences about the population.
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