You Conduct a Clinical Trial to Test Whether a New

Multiple Choice

You conduct a clinical trial to test whether a new drug relieves the symptoms of arthritis better than a placebo.You have four groups of participants,all of whom have moderately painful arthritis (rated 7 on a scale of 1 to 10) .Each group receives a daily pill as follows: group 1-placebo;group 2-15 mg;group 3-25 mg;group 4-50 mg.At the end of 2 weeks,participants in each group are asked to rate their pain on a scale of 1 to 10.
Based on the process of science,what should your next step be?

A) invest in the drug company
B) conclude that the drug relieves arthritis pain
C) run a statistical analysis on the data collected
D) conclude that the drug doesn't work very well
E) Develop a new hypothesis based on the unanalyzed data.