Statistics Part 2 - Practice Problem and Answer (#13)

Problem:  For the clinical trials of a weight loss drug containing Garcinia cambogia the subjects were  randomly divided into two groups.  The first received an inert pill along with an exercise and diet plan, while the second received the test medicine along with the same exercise and diet plan.  The patients do not know which group they are in, nor do the fitness and nutrition advisors.

a.  Which is the treatment group?

b.  Which is the control group?

c.  Is this study blind, double-blind, or neither?

d.  Is this best described as an experiment, a controlled experiment, or a placebo controlled experiment?

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