A pharmaceutical company is testing a new drug that they claim allows dogs to repel

flea infestation. They give 100 dogs the medication and another 100 dogs a sugar

pill.

Which of the following is true of this experiment?

The sample size is too low.

The sugar pill would be a placebo.

The independent variable is the number of fleas on dogs.

The dogs with the placebo would be the experimental group.

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Boomer

Biology

22 January, 12:39

A pharmaceutical company is testing a new drug that they claim allows dogs to repel

flea infestation. They give 100 dogs the medication and another 100 dogs a sugar

pill.

Which of the following is true of this experiment?

The sample size is too low.

The sugar pill would be a placebo.

The independent variable is the number of fleas on dogs.

The dogs with the placebo would be the experimental group.

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Regan Johns · Answer 1

The sugar pill is called a placebo.

Explanation:

The placebo), is a harmless sugar pill that would have no effect on any of dogs.

The "control" group is the group that had the actual medication. This is the group they will b checking to see if any fleas or how many fleas r on the control group to gauge the success or failure of the medication.