Multiple choice

In general, patients suffering from depression, upon being given Depsol, a new anti-depressant drug, report a significant enhancement in mood levels. Doctors cite more movie-hall visits, garment purchases and restaurant dine-outs as a proof of the patients' better mood levels.

Which of the following is the best objection to counter the doctors' view?

  1. The mood enhancement reported by depressed patients is rarely found among seriously ill patients.

  2. The purchases reported could have led to mood enhancement among the patients studied.

  3. The same medicine, upon being administered to normal people, produced no significant mood enhancement.

  4. The patients' observations and reports about their mood level significantly depend on subjective factors.

  5. More movie-hall visits, garment purchases and restaurant dine-outs are reported by even normal population as a proof of better mood levels.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

What leads to what? Does a better mood level lead to more purchases or vice-versa? Correlation does not mean cause and effect in a particular direction The mood changes could be due to the outings and the purchases made.

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