Question

A company wants to sell more sports drinks so they decide to add more sugar. For Group A they

give them gatorade with an added teaspoon of sugar. For Group B they give them plain gatorade
without adding sugar. Which Group is the CONTROL GROUP?
The Gatorade
The Company
Group B
Group A

Answer 1

Group B

Step-by-step explanation:

The control group of an experiment is considered to be the "normal" because it does not receive the expeiemental treatment and hence is used to compare with the experimental group. The control and experimental groups are similar in every other aspect with the exception of the "INDEPENDENT VARIABLE". The independent variable is not changed in the control group.

In this experiment, the control group is GROUP B, which was given a plain gatorade without adding sugar. Sugar is the independent variable here, and it was not included in GROUP B, meaning that GROUP B is the CONTROL GROUP. On the other hand, the experimental group is the GROUP A.