What are placebo effects and how can they be avoided

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1. What are placebo effects, and how can they be avoided?

2. What are demand characteristics, and how can they be avoided?

3. In what ways may experimenters unwittingly communicate their expectations to research participants, and what techniques can they use to avoid doing so?

Reference no: EM131321860

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