2006-10-19 11:17:47 · 11 answers · asked by Hannah 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
i dont remember
2006-10-19 11:19:01 · answer #1 · answered by Southie9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would begin with the random assignment of subjects to one of the two conditions created by the researcher. These are typically called the experimental group and the control group. The goal is to make these groups identical in every way except one- the introduction of the independent variable. This will occur only in the experimental group, therefore the control group would not recieve it.
so the person on here that answered and gave the example about the drugs... they are absolutely right
I got my answer out of my sociology text book- Social Psychology A Sociological Perspective by Christine M. Von Der Haar
2006-10-19 18:27:13 · answer #2 · answered by Beano4aReason 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment
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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.
2006-10-19 18:26:16 · answer #3 · answered by a v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The control group is how you measure the significance of the results from the test group. For example, if you're testing the effects of a drug on a group of patients, then the control group doesn't take the drug, so if your test group gets different results from the control, then you know the drug is having an effect, as long as the results fall outside the realm of statistical variation.
2006-10-19 18:21:04 · answer #4 · answered by answersBeta2.1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in order to compare the results of the expiremental group with the norm
2006-10-19 18:19:28 · answer #5 · answered by McClane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To let you know the progress of the IV, and the DV.
2006-10-19 18:18:40 · answer #6 · answered by B-B@!! P!@Y@ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to compare to the actual things ur testing, you keep the control the same.
2006-10-19 18:22:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
makes experimenting vulnerable to all sorts of criticism
2006-10-19 18:23:57 · answer #8 · answered by Hassan E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to set the standard
2006-10-19 18:19:06 · answer #9 · answered by Ynot me 2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read your book. this is one of the most basic questions in all lab sciences
2006-10-19 18:25:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to show what its like with no manipulated variables.(or so you can record changes.)
2006-10-19 18:19:06 · answer #11 · answered by band_being 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋