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What Does Control Mean In Science Terms ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Control has different meanings in experimental science. However, it generally means a group that has not experienced some type of treatment and will serve as a comparison in the stastical analysis. For example, experiments looking at the effect of fertilizer on plant growth or the effect of a drug on systolic blood pressure could use control groups without fertilizer or drugs to compare to the treatment groups.

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