Control-group definition
A group that serves as the control in a scientific experiment; specif., such a group that does not receive the substance, drug, treatment, etc. being tested.
noun
A group used as a standard of comparison in a controlled experiment.
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The control group is defined as the group in an experiment or study that does not receive treatment by the researchers and is then used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.
An example of a control group is the people in a clinical trial who do not get to try out the brand new drug that is being tested.
noun
(in an experiment) The group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
control-group
Plural:
control groups