Solved on Oct 26, 2023
A study of 1000 people tested a new pain medication. One group received the medication, the other a . This is a experiment.
STEP 1
Assumptions1. A group of1000 people were randomly assigned two treatments.
. One group received the actual medication and another group took a sugar pill.
3. Treatment was a sugar pill.
STEP 2
In clinical trials, a group that receives a treatment that has no therapeutic effect is called a placebo group. The treatment they receive is called a placebo.
STEP 3
Given that Treatment2 was a sugar pill, which has no therapeutic effect, it is called a placebo.
So, the answer is Placebo.
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