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control group in Spanish

control group in Spanish is patrón de comparación — control group means in an experiment, the group of participants or samples that does not receive the treatment being tested, used as a baseline against which the treated group is compared.

control group in Spanish

patrón de comparación
noun
(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.

What does "control group" mean?

  1. noun In an experiment, the group of participants or samples that does not receive the treatment being tested, used as a baseline against which the treated group is compared.
    "Half the volunteers took the drug and the control group took a placebo."
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control group in a sentence

  • Half the volunteers took the drug and the control group took a placebo.
  • Without a control group you cannot tell whether the improvement came from the training.

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What is "control group" in Spanish?

"control group" in Spanish is patrón de comparación. control group means: In an experiment, the group of participants or samples that does not receive the treatment being tested, used as a baseline against which the treated group is compared.

How do you use "control group" in a sentence?

Example: "Half the volunteers took the drug and the control group took a placebo." In Spanish, "control group" is patrón de comparación.

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