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What does it mean to have a control group in an experiment and why is it important in an experiment?
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What does it mean to have a control group in an experiment and why is it important in an experiment?

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The control group in the experiment is the group that does not recieve treatment and is used to see how the other test subjects are doing. 
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without a control group what would you compare your results to? there would be no basis for knowing if a result is due to one thing or another
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