A psychiatrist tells you that she is interested in determining whether the condition of individuals who are clinically depressed improves with 20 or with 40 milligrams of Prozac.She decides to administer 20 milligrams to a random half of her clients and 40 milligrams to the other half.She finds that after 6 months,the clients who took 40 milligrams of Prozac are significantly less depressed than those clients who took 20 milligrams of Prozac.Which type of study did the psychiatrist conduct?

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The psychiatrist conducted an experimental research because she manipulated the independent variable (dose of Prozac) and measured the dependent variable (level of depression) to determine if there was a causal relationship between the two.

A Psychiatrist Tells You That She Is Interested in Determining