A researcher at a large company wants to see whether she can make the typical job more enjoyable. To experimentally investigate this possibility, she randomly assigns workers to one of the following conditions: doing the job as it has always been done, having a computer performance monitoring device installed, receiving feedback about their performance on a weekly basis, or being given a say in how their workload is structured and completed. Which of these conditions is an example of a control group?

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The control group is the group that does not receive any intervention and serves as a baseline for comparison. In this scenario, the control group is the workers who are doing the job as it has always been done.

A Researcher at a Large Company Wants to See Whether