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A group of subjects which receives a placebo instead of the experimental treatment but is treated in all other respects in the same way as the experimental group.<\/p>\n

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The group of people in an experimental study whose conditions remain constant; who are not exposed to the stimulus being studied.<\/p>\n

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A group of people who are not being treated but whose test data are used as a comparison in a study.<\/p>\n

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A cohort of participants that function as a benchmark for evaluating the effectiveness of an experimental treatment under assessment.<\/p>\n

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