RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Experimental group
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Control group
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The control group is the group in an experiment that does not receive any change in the variable. This group is left as natural as possible and used as a control to see if there is a change from the normal results.
Detailed explanation-2: -Put simply, an experimental group is the group that receives the variable, or treatment, that the researchers are testing whereas the control group does not.
Detailed explanation-3: -In a true experiment, the effect of an intervention is tested by comparing two groups: one that is exposed to the intervention (the experimental group, also known as the treatment group) and another that does not receive the intervention (the control group).
Detailed explanation-4: -The “One-Shot Case Study" No control group. This design has virtually no internal or external validity.