Few of the patients undergoing treatment for phobic disorder agree to participate in a clinical trial of a new antidepressant medication. The patients are randomly divided into two groups. Both groups receive pills to be taken on a daily basis, but only one of the groups receives pills with the newly produced active ingredients. The other group's pills contain no active ingredients. In this study, the group that receives the pills that do not contain the active ingredients is called the ________.

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The group receiving pills without the active ingredients serves as the control group, which is used as a baseline to compare the effects of the new medication against.

Few of the Patients Undergoing Treatment for Phobic Disorder Agree