Allergy Drug A pharmaceutical company wants to test the effectivenessof a new allergy

Chapter 1, Problem 15

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Allergy Drug A pharmaceutical company wants to test the effectivenessof a new allergy drug. The company identifies 250 females ages 30 to 35 whosuffer from severe allergies. The subjects are randomly assigned into twogroups. One group is given the drug and the other is given a placebo thatlooks exactly like the drug. After six months, the subjects symptoms arestudied and compared.(a) Identify the experimental units and treatments used in this experiment.(b) Identify a potential problem with the experimental design being usedand suggest a way to improve it.(c) How could this experiment be designed to be double-blind?

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