Placebos

Pain relief from analgesics and placebos.

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Provides most of the data files used in the textbook "Scientific Research and Methodology" by Dunn (2025, ISBN:9781032496726; forthcoming).

Peter K Dunn

SRMData

Data Files Supporting "Scientific Research and Methodology" by
Peter K. Dunn (2025)

Peter K. Dunn 

Placebos function

A data frame with 7 rows (each time point) and 6 columns:<dl>
 <dt>Time</dt>
<dd>The time after taking the treatment, in hours</dd> <dt>Placebo</dt>
<dd>The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given placebos</dd> <dt>Distr</dt>
<dd>The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given distalgesics</dd> <dt>Asp</dt>
<dd>The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given aspirin</dd> <dt>Codis</dt>
<dd>The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given codis</dd> <dt>PlaceboRed</dt>
<dd>The mean pain relief score for 22 patients 
 given red placebos</dd>
</dl>

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Placebos and pain relief — Placebos

A data frame with 7 rows (each time point) and 6 columns:<dl>
 <dt>Time</dt>
<dd>The time after taking the treatment, in hours</dd>

 <dt>Placebo</dt>
<dd>The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given placebos</dd>

 <dt>Distr</dt>
<dd>The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given distalgesics</dd>

 <dt>Asp</dt>
<dd>The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given aspirin</dd>

 <dt>Codis</dt>
<dd>The mean pain relief score for 22 patients given codis</dd>

 <dt>PlaceboRed</dt>
<dd>The mean pain relief score for 22 patients 
 given red placebos</dd>


</dl>

Placebos: Placebos and pain relief

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