At 07:58 AM 08/31/2000 -0500, Jean Edwards wrote:
In experiments involving placebos, what are all the subjects/participants told?
My daughter is in a double blind study and her informed consent says that
the pills she takes will either be X or placebo X and that there may or may
not be a benefit.
Dawn
Dawn G. Blasko Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Station Road
Erie, PA 16563-1501
Office phone: 814-898-6081
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/hss/psych/blasko.htm