Talk:experimental group

RFD

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Sum of parts? SemperBlotto 10:07, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Definition looks like it was taken from a textbook, but without the context required to explain "the independent variable". More typical wording would include the word (deprecated template usage) treatment.

Some OneLook references have this term, some medical dictionaries and RH. Many more have the contrasting term (deprecated template usage) control group. Does the pairing of this with the more nearly idiomatic term make any difference to the voting public here? DCDuring TALK 13:19, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

I would think it might be obvious from context. Compare a different "sense": "On this first release with his experimental group Qantara, Shaheen presents his vision of Arabic music fused with Western and African forms." Equinox ◑ 21:33, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Merge into [[experimental]]. We're missing the relevant sense of experimental: we currently define it in a way that would apply to the control group just as well as to the experimental group. However, there is a relevant sense, and it's not restricted to collocation with "group"; cites can be found saying things like "The recall of experimental subjects exceeded that of control subjects", or "In the experimental condition a group of participants watch a movie excerpt with a funny content; in the control condition a different group of participants watch an excerpt with an emotionally neutral content." —Ruakh_TALK 15:19, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Delete SoP. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 16:16, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Deleted. I've edited experimental; others should continue to improve that entry as needed. - -sche (discuss) 19:45, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

I've opened a RFD of control group. - -sche (discuss) 19:46, 13 October 2012 (UTC)