In an experimental study, the loss of participants in the experimental condition can be referred to as
A) a placebo effect.
B) attenuation.
C) mortality.
D) a novelty effect.

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The loss of participants in the experimental condition is known as mortality. This refers to the loss of participants due to reasons such as dropout or death, which can affect the validity of the study's results. A placebo effect refers to a psychological response to a treatment that has no active ingredient, attenuation refers to a decrease in the strength of the relationship between variables, and a novelty effect refers to a potential bias in the results caused by the participants' excitement due to the newness of the study.

In an Experimental Study, the Loss of Participants in the Experimental