A new anti-depressant is being tested in a study in which neither the patient nor the physician knows whether a patient is getting the drug or the placebo.However, due to the reported side effects, a questionnaire given after the data are collected reveals the 85% of participants and patients were correct in identifying whether they were in the experimental or control condition.Contrary to design expectations, the experiment was not ________.
A)effective
B)reliable
C)correlational
D)double-blind

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The experiment was not double-blind as intended because both participants and physicians were able to correctly identify whether they were in the experimental or control condition, indicating that the blinding was compromised.

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