A drug researcher decides to test a new arthritis pain medication for safety and effectiveness on a treatment group of 100 severely disabled arthritis sufferers in a hospital ward. Everyone in the group is assigned a number. Patients with an even number receive the drug. Patients with an odd number receive a placebo.

Which of the following principles of experimental design are being followed?

Check all that apply.
A. Lurking
B. Blindness
C. Blocking
D. Randomization
E. Replication

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A drug researcher decides to test a new arthritis pain medication for safety and effectiveness on a treatment group of 100 severely disabled arthritis sufferers in a hospital ward. Everyone in the group is assigned a number. Patients with an even number receive the drug. Patients with an odd number receive a placebo.

Which of the following principles of experimental design are being followed?

Check all that apply.
  		A. 	Lurking
  		B. 	Blindness
  		C. 	Blocking
  		D. 	Randomization
  		E. 	Replication

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