A researcher finds that after drinking nothing but milk for three months, three out of nine patients report that they no longer suffer from migraine headaches. The researcher proclaims the curative powers of milk. What critical question cannot be answered due to the absence of a control group that is standard in studies of therapeutic effectiveness?
A) What is the spontaneous recovery rate without treatment?
B) How did the milk cure the headaches?
C) Why were only a third of the patients cured?
D) Can this finding be repeated?
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