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Activity #3. Testing Medicines: A Clinical Trial. Key Words. Clinical Trial – a test performed on volunteers, typically to test medicines, before the products are made available to the public Control – a standard used for comparison that is not changed throughout the experiment
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Activity #3 Testing Medicines: A Clinical Trial
Key Words • Clinical Trial – a test performed on volunteers, typically to test medicines, before the products are made available to the public • Control – a standard used for comparison that is not changed throughout the experiment • Placebo – a control that simulates a medicine but doesn’t have the active ingredient
Key Words • Sample Size – the amount of people or thing being tested • Simulation – an experience that is meant to mimic, or be like, another experiment • Trade-Off – an exchange of one thing in return for another
Purpose of Clinical Trials • Include a placebo group. • Used to test safety and effectiveness of medicines. • Evidence gathered from these trials can be used to make conclusions.
Summary • Human responses vary. • One part of a good scientific design is a large sample size. • Graphing data can reveal patterns about the experiment.