Participants in an experiment on stress management are given stress reduction techniques and then measured for the effect. What is the role of the control group in this experiment?
a. They receive no stress management techniques, and they are not measured.
b. They receive a random stress management technique.
c. They receive no stress management techniques, but they are measured.
d. They receive the same stress management techniques as the experimental group, but they are not measured.
ANSWER:
c
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