Noelle,a psychologist,conducts a study to establish whether caffeine increases the ability to run.She has two groups of participants run on a treadmill for 15 minutes.One group drinks regular coffee before running,while the other group drinks decaffeinated coffee before running.The group that drinks decaffeinated coffee is the

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The group that drinks decaffeinated coffee is the control group. The control group is the group that does not receive the treatment or intervention being studied, in this case, the group that does not receive caffeine. The group that drinks regular coffee before running is the experimental group, as they are the group that receives the intervention being studied - in this case, the group that receives caffeine. The term "confederate" generally refers to someone who is part of the research team but pretends to be a participant to manipulate the study. The term "confound" refers to a variable that was not controlled in the study and may have influenced the results.

Noelle,a Psychologist,conducts a Study to Establish Whether Caffeine Increases the Ability