A condition in an experiment in which participants are treated the same as participants in a treatment group, except that they do not experience the manipulation that is believed to cause a change in the dependent variable, is called ______.

A. a post hoc test
B. a control group
C. statistical significance
D. an experimental group


Answer: B

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