Question

multiple choice question
jordan and his team are studying diabetes. they give one group of patients a new type of blood - sugar medication, and they give a second group saline solution instead. in this experiment, the group given saline solution is the ______ group.

• experimental
• correlational
• double - blind
• control

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Explanation:

In experimental research, a control group is not given the test treatment (here, the new medication) and serves as a baseline for comparison. Saline solution is a placebo here, so this group is the control. The experimental group gets the treatment, correlational refers to non-experimental association studies, and double-blind describes a study design where neither participants nor researchers know group assignments.

Answer:

D. control