The Group of Participants That Serves as the Baseline in a Study

question 28

Multiple Choice

The group of participants that serves as the baseline in a study is to _____ group as the group of participants that receives some level of treatment is to _____ group.

• A)independent; dependent
• B)dependent; independent
• C)control; experimental
• D)experimental; control

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