A medical scientist is designing an experiment to test the results of a new drug

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A medical scientist is designing an experiment to test the results of a new drug she hypothesizes will greatly reduce and possibly eliminate the side effects of a new cancer treatment If this experiment is to be set up correctly, she must divide the patients into two groups and give group #1 the new drug and group #2 a pill that has no effect (for example, a tablet that only contains sugar). The second group of patients from Question #9 are included in order minimize the possibility that response to the drug is a false positive. It is an example of a(n)

experimental treatment

independent variable

dependent variable

positive control

negative control

Explanation / Answer

negative control

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