June 1999 LSAT - Section 1 - Question 25
Naz December 6, 2014
McKinley explains that a double-blind study, one in which neither the patient nor the primary researcher knows whether the patient is being given the drug, is the most effective procedure for testing the efficacy of a drug. However, the new drug will not be able to be tested in a double-blind study because "the drug will have various effects on the patients' bodies" that will make the researchers aware of whether the patients are getting the drug or a placebo.