Paloma randomly assigns participants to two groups and compares the group that receives a treatment with the group that receives no treatment.The group that gets no treatment is the:
A) variable group
B) confounded group
C) experimental group
D) control group

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The group that receives no treatment is called the control group. The control group serves as a baseline for comparison and allows researchers to determine the effectiveness of the treatment. Therefore, the best choice is D, which identifies the group that receives no treatment as the control group.

Paloma Randomly Assigns Participants to Two Groups and Compares the Group