METHODS OF RESEARCH
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
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a group of participants that do not receive the treatment
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the participants who receive the treatment.
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different outcome variable
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the sample group
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Detailed explanation-1: -The treatment group (also called the experimental group) receives the treatment whose effect the researcher is interested in. The control group receives either no treatment, a standard treatment whose effect is already known, or a placebo (a fake treatment to control for placebo effect).
Detailed explanation-2: -Listen to pronunciation. (kun-TROLE groop) In a clinical trial, the group that does not receive the new treatment being studied. This group is compared to the group that receives the new treatment, to see if the new treatment works.
Detailed explanation-3: -The three main types of controls are positive, negative, and experimental controls.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the design of experiments, hypotheses are applied to experimental units in a treatment group. In comparative experiments, members of a control group receive a standard treatment, a placebo, or no treatment at all. There may be more than one treatment group, more than one control group, or both.