In a Study of the Effect of Tutoring on Students

question 125

Multiple Choice

In a study of the effect of tutoring on students' grades in sociology, a researcher divides the class into two groups and arranges tutoring for one of the groups. What do we call the group receiving the tutoring?

• A) the experimental group
• B) the randomization group
• C) the variable group
• D) the control group

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Definitions:

Utilitarianism

A system of ethical thought that focuses on the consequences of an action.

Circumstances

The conditions or facts affecting a situation, event, or action.

Rational Ethics

A system of ethical thought that uses reason as the basis for making ethical judgments.

Objective Ethics

A philosophical viewpoint asserting that certain acts are inherently right or wrong, independent of human opinion.