In Dr. Lu's study of eating disorders, she looked at the academic histories of girls with an eating disorder and girls who did not have such problems. In this example, the girls without eating disorders are the ________ group.
A) conforming
B) control
C) criterion
D) treatment

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A control group is a group of participants who do not receive the experimental treatment, but are used for comparison to determine the effects of the treatment. In this case, the girls who do not have eating disorders are the control group, as they are being compared to the group of girls with eating disorders to gather information about the potential causes and risk factors for these disorders. The other answer choices do not accurately describe the purpose or status of the non-eating disorder group in the study.

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