Question

A person is studying a new headache medicine that has been deemed safe for human trials. The researcher

offers the new medicine to people suffering from headaches at several local hospitals. The researcher has
decided to use a blind study and form 2 sample groups. He gives patients in Group A the actual real
experimental medicine. He gives patients in Group B a fake treatment that is nothing more than a sugar pill
that looks like the real medicine,
How would you describe Group B?
Control Group
Placebo Group
Treatment Group
Regular Group

Answer 1

Placebo Group

Explanation:

A placebo may also be used in an experiment.A placebo group exposed to a placebo may experience effects from the belief they are being tested.

Answer 2

Placebo Group

Explanation:

Group B received a fake treatment, that is, they thought they were taking the real experimental medicine but actually they were taking sugar pill s that look like the real medicine. Without a placebo group to compare against, it is not possible to know whether the treatment itself had any effect.