Researchers at East Tennessee State University wanted to test their prediction that offering incentives would encourage donations. The team designed an experiment where members of the "treatment group" were offered a lottery ticket if they donated. Members of the _________ were offered no special incentive.

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In experimental research, the control group is the group that does not receive the experimental treatment or intervention. In this case, the group not receiving the special incentive (lottery ticket) serves as the control group, allowing researchers to compare outcomes between those who were offered an incentive and those who were not.

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