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Information and Ideas practice question
The trial's most striking result was not the drug's effect but the placebo's. Among those who received the dummy injection, a fifth reported side effects, and one in twenty withdrew because of them. The researchers concluded that part of what patients attribute to a drug is what they expect from it.
According to the text, what did the researchers conclude?
- A. That some of the effects patients report from a drug come from their expectations.Correct
- B. That the drug had no effect.
- C. That the placebo was more effective than the drug.
- D. That one in twenty patients should not receive injections.
Answer: A. That some of the effects patients report from a drug come from their expectations.
Expectation explains part of what is reported.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. That the drug had no effect.
- The drug's effect is not discussed.
- C. That the placebo was more effective than the drug.
- Side effects, not effectiveness.
- D. That one in twenty patients should not receive injections.
- Not a conclusion drawn.
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