A group researching the efficiency of a certain medicine to lower cholesterol, r

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A group researching the efficiency of a certain medicine to lower cholesterol, randomly sampled 200 patients. A group of 100 patients was given the medicine and they were instructed to take it twice a day, at sunrise and at sunset. Another 100 patients were given a fake medicine with no active ingredients in it, and they were instructed to take it twice a day, at sunrise and at sunset. After four months, the patients who took the real medicine had lower cholesterol levels than those who took the fake medicine. Which response describes the treatment, treatment group, and control group? A. Treatment: having lower cholesterol levels Treatment group: 100 patients taking the real medicine Control: 100 patients taking the fake medicine Treatment: take a medicine twice a day Treatment group: 100 patients taking the fake medicine Control: 100 patients taking the real medicine C Treatment: having lower cholesterol levels Treatment group: 100 patients taking the fake medicine Control: 100 patients taking the real medicine D Treatment: take a medicine twice a day Treatment group: 100 patients taking the real medicine Control: 100 pati1ents taking the fake medicine

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Treatment:- take a medicine twice a day.

Because,the techniques or actions customarily applied in a specified situation or an experimental condition which is same as both group.

Treatment group:- 100 patients taking the real medicine.

which group an experimental group (sometimes called a treatment group) is a group that receives a treatment in an experiment. ... For example, a human experimental group could receive a new medication, a different form of counseling, or some vitamin supplements.

Control:- 100 patients taking the fake medicine.

Imagine that you want to know if salt makes water boil faster. You would want to heat one pan of water without salt and one pan of water with salt at the same temperature. Then you would compare how long it takes each pan of water to boil. In this experiment, the water without salt is your control group.

A control group is the group in a study that does not include the thing being tested and is used as a benchmark to measure the results of the other group.

TREATMENT-GROUP VERSUS CONTROL-GROUP TESTS

Most experiments try to determine whether some type of experimental treatment (or important factor) has a significant effect on an outcome. For example, does zinc help to reduce the length of a cold? Subjects who are chosen to participate in the experiment are typically divided into two groups: a treatment group and a control group. (More than one treatment group is possible.)

The treatment group consists of participants who receive the experimental treatment whose effect is being studied (in this case, zinc tablets).

The control group consists of participants who do not receive the experimental treatment being studied. Instead, they get a placebo (a fake treatment; for example, a sugar pill); a standard, nonexperimental treatment (such as vitamin C, in the zinc study); or no treatment at all, depending on the situation.

Hence, (D) Treatment:- take a medicine twice a day.

  Treatment group:- 100 patients taking the real medicine.

  Control:- 100 patients taking the fake medicine.

Option ( D) is correct.

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