control group

English

Noun

control group (plural control groups)

1. (in an experiment) The group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test.

Translations

group of test subjects left untreated

• French: témoins (fr) m or pl
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Further reading

• control group on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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