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Jen is the Human Resources manager for Bailey's,a large department store.A competitor,ShopWell,is scheduled to open nearby in a few months and Jen is afraid that some of her staff may quit and join ShopWell.To prevent this,Jen introduces a performance incentive program that will reward Bailey's highest-performing employees at the end of the year.This is an example of ________.


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Intervention Group

A group in a scientific study that receives the treatment or intervention being tested, as opposed to a control group which does not.

Control Group

A group in an experiment or study that does not receive treatment by the researchers and is then used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Masking

A method used in research where the participants and/or researchers are unaware of which individuals are in the control group and which are in the experimental group, to prevent bias.

Confounding

A situation in which the effect of two variables on a third is not clearly distinguishable.

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