Question

participants in a study are divided into two groups. one group receives a specific drug and the second group receives a pill that looks like the drug but does not actually contain chemicals. in this study, the group that receives the real drug is called the _____ group.

○ independent

○ placebo

○ experimental

○ control

Explanation:

In experimental research, the experimental group is the one that receives the treatment (here, the real drug) to test its effect. The placebo group gets a non - active substance (the pill without chemicals), the control group is used for comparison (but here the real - drug group is the one being tested), and "independent" is not the correct term for this context. So the group with the real drug is the experimental group.

Answer:

C. experimental