A sugar pill given to the control group in a drug study to allow all groups to believe that they are receiving a treatment is using ______.
A) multi-blind design
B) confounding factors
C) placebo
D) bivalent

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A placebo is a substance given to a control group in a study that has no therapeutic effect but is used to ensure that any effects observed in the experimental group are actually due to the active treatment rather than the psychological or emotional effects of receiving a treatment.

A Sugar Pill Given to the Control Group in a Drug