As a research psychologist you conduct a study that examines the effect of offering a benefits package on job satisfaction.In this study a group of new employees is offered a benefits package;another group is not.Which is the control group?

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The control group is the group that does not receive the treatment or intervention being studied. In this case, the treatment is the offering of a benefits package. Therefore, the group not receiving the benefits package is the control group. Option A is incorrect as every study needs a control group to provide a baseline measurement to which the treatment group can be compared. Option B is incorrect as the group receiving the benefits package is the experimental or treatment group. Option D is incorrect as the control group is not identified based on the variable being measured but on the variable being manipulated.

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