Question

A research team is testing a product that will minimize wrinkles among women. Volunteers in the age group of 40 to 45 are included in the research. The research team gives a bottle of the solution to one group and a similar bottle of solution with no ingredients intended to lessen wrinkles to the other group. In the description of the above situation, determine the control group.

a. The group that received the bottle of solution is the experimental group.
b. The group that received the bottle of solution that did not contain the ingredients that are meant to lessen wrinkles is the experimental group.
c. Both the groups are experimental groups.
d. Neither group is an experimental group.

Answer 1

There are mistakes in the answer options attached. These are the correct ones.

a. The group that received the bottle of solution is the control group.

b. The group that received the bottle of solution that did not contain the ingredients that are meant to lessen wrinkles is the control group.

c. Both the groups are control groups.

d. Neither group is an control group.

Answer:

B. The group that received the bottle of solution that did not contain the ingredients that are meant to lessen wrinkles is the control group

Explanation:

In an experiment of this type, the control group is the group that does not contain the treatment. So in this group The effect of the treatment unknown unlike the experimental group which gets the treatment that the researcher is trying to find it's effect.

I. Conclusion, the group that got bottles that did not contain Ingredients for wrinkles lessening is the control group.