Dr. Stein developed a new treatment for depression and wants to prove it is effective. He designed an experiment where individuals diagnosed with depression were randomly assigned to either receive his new treatment, standard Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or were put on a wait list. What kind of study did Dr. Stein create?

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Dr. Stein's study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) because it involves randomly assigning participants to different groups to receive various interventions or controls, which is a hallmark of RCTs designed to test the efficacy of treatments.

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