Question

Researchers wanted to find out if the color of food would affect kindergarten children's lunch selections. They put food coloring into 5 identical bowls of mashed potatoes. The colors were plain, red, green, yellow, and blue. Each child chose a scoop of potatoes of the color of their choice. The researchers did this experiment using 100 students. They recorded the number of students that chose each color. What was the control group?

Answer 1

answer : plain potatoes

explanation/ another example: 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.