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Explain the relationship between a placebo and a control group?
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∙ 12y ago
Let's say a medical lab is doing en experiment. They would take a control group and give a certain % of people the placebo and the rest a real drug and compare the affects it had on the patients. One argument is if people "believe" they are taking the real drug it can actually affect them physically.
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Explain the relationship between a placebo and a control?
there is no relationship. one is fake, one is the real deal. By me, placebos are controls and controls are not placebos....so this is alternate.
Why are scientist using a placebo?
Scientists use a placebo to check that the variable they are changing actually is responsible for the results they see. It is like a control experiment, allowing you to compare the trial with it to see if there is any effect. It also counteracts the "placebo effect". For example, this is when someone taking a drug calims they "feel better" despite the drug not actually having any effect. Therefore, by giving some test subjects a placebo and some the drug being tested and not telling them which is which, you can eliminate the placebo effect from the test.
What is the one factor that is different between the control group and the experimental group?
By definition, the control group is what the experimental group is measured against. For example, if one is doing an experiment to measure the effect of a drug on blood pressure, the experimental group would receive the drug and the control group would receive the placebo, or blank. The blood pressure of both groups would be measured after ingestion of either the drug or placebo and any differences in blood pressure we would attribute to the effect of the drug. Care must be taken, however, that the two groups are as identical as possible and that all procedures are carried out identically. Furthermore, to eliminate even more bias, both the researchers and the experimental subjects would not know whether they were receiving drug or placebo (a double-blind study).
What is An insert substance given to the portion of experimental group without their knowledge to act as a control?
A placebo is given that is expected to not affect things either way.
What is the sugar pill called?
Placebo
Explain the relationship between a placebo and a control?
there is no relationship. one is fake, one is the real deal. By me, placebos are controls and controls are not placebos....so this is alternate.
When testing a new drug researchers control for a placebo effect by using?
A placebo effect
In drug treatment studies double-blinded procedures minimize outcome differences between experimental and control conditions that could be attributed to what?
placebo effects
What is an inert substance given to the control group and has no effects on the group?
A placebo
A scientist is giving patients a sugar pill that has not medical properties what is this pill called?
A medication given in research that has no medical properties is called a placebo
In an experiment a group that receives no treatment is called what?
A group that receives no treatment is called the control group. The control group is there to compare the results between a group that has been exposed to diffent conditions, and one that has not.
A placebo is a medication that elicits a positive emotional response in an experimental subject?
Actually, a placebo is a substance or treatment with no therapeutic effect that is used as a control in medical research. It allows researchers to isolate the true effects of a treatment by comparing the results from the actual treatment group to those from the placebo group.
What is a state of control in a experiment?
it is the aspect of the expierment that acts as the control meaing you do nothing to it. i.e if you have 3 people and you test two of them with a drug and give one a placebo yet none of the three knows who is getting what. you then compare the results thus the one you gave the placebo to acts as the control.
What is the difference between a treatment group and a control group?
A treatment group receives the intervention or treatment being studied, while a control group does not receive the intervention and is used for comparison. The control group allows researchers to isolate the effect of the treatment by providing a baseline for comparison.
What are the factors in a controlled experiment called?
control group and placebo group variable and controlled
What happens if you accidentally took one more birth control placebo pill in a day than you needed?
Nothing. The placebo is not part of the birth control cycle. It has no purpose except to help keep you in your routine, and keep track of your pill schedule.
What does the placebo response indicate about the mind-body relationship?
That it actually does exist and is stronger than most people think.
