plz dont use scientific words or dont be too cpmlicated lol, give a good example.
2006-09-12 12:32:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
2 groups
Control Group and Experimental Group
The Control Group you dont do anything to.
The Experimental Group is the group you tamper with (administer medicine, put light on 24 hours, keep in dark 24 hours, play loud music) you get the idea
2006-09-12 12:40:03 · answer #1 · answered by johnnylakis 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Control is a word used to describe a group or item that is used to measure another group by. If you want to find out if a certain pill helps fight cancer, you must test it. You form two groups... One is the "control" group (this group has cancer, but NO REAL TREATMENT IS GIVEN (they may be given a pill that resembles the real pill but is a fake) The experimenters do this so that the "control" group is as similar to the other group as possible. The other group has cancer and they ARE given the REAL pill. They are known as the TREATMENT or TEST group. You compare the effects of the pill on those in the test group with the effects of the pill on the "CONTROL" group to see if the pill made a difference. The control group is simply a baseline, normal, average measuring stick to judge something else by.
2006-09-12 20:05:16 · answer #2 · answered by Tyler1032 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The control is the the one not being experimented on. Example if a company is testing a drug they give the controlled group a plecebo (sugar pill) to see if the effects had by the experimented group are real or just apporitions.
2006-09-12 19:41:18 · answer #3 · answered by stezus 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its like the main thing your using like if you making an experiment of the density of the water and you put an egg in it and add salt the egg floats soo that is the control its what you experimenting on and also i have the answer from my science teacher i looked it up on the web and ive done the a million or a "zillion" times as you may say soo ive given you my best that true
2006-09-12 19:38:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A control would be a study of the experiment that you are doing but the control, you would know all of the variables. Ex Bread mold. Control, bread in original bag with a known mold date ( If you know it takes 2 weeks for it to mold) experiment 1 bread in open air, 2 bread in fridge, 3 bread in paper bag etc...
2006-09-12 19:41:43 · answer #5 · answered by Jeep Driver 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Something kept at normal conditions, without other influences.
2006-09-12 19:39:00 · answer #6 · answered by Dionsays 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋