Question

Mrs. Martens thinks hot pepper plants will grow faster if they have more fertilizer. She sets up an experiment in which 5 groups of plants will receive different amount of miracle grow fertilizer and one group will get No fertilizer. Which group is the control?

Answer 1

The control group is always the group with no interference from the researcher. |t is the group that is utilized to compare data with a simple and basal situation (without interference). In this case, there is one group that is left without any interference, the group with no fertilizer, to understand the behaviour on all other groups in comparison to a natural circumstance. Therefore, the group with no fertilizer is the control gro