Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 11SA
A control group is _______.
- a. a set of individuals that have a certain characteristic or receive a certain treatment
- b. the standard against which an experimental group is compared
- c. the experiment that gives conclusive results
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