Thursday, December 15, 2011

What is the control group in an experiment?

Please help I'm SO confused!


I know what independent and dependent variables are and what constants are...but I don't understand what a control is? Please explain and give examples! Best answer wins!|||It is a group that undergoes purposely undergoes no change in an experiment so the things that are changed in another group can be compared to an original. (e.x If I wanted to see the effects of alcohol on a person, I would get one person drunk and have someone who was sober to compare to the drunk, and I would record the changes in the two.)|||The Control Group in any experiment is the group of test subjects which are untreated which you can then compare to.

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