Wilhelm 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 the treatment is the:
A) variable group
B) confounded group
C) experimental group
D) control group

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The experimental group is the group that receives the treatment in an experiment. Therefore, in this scenario, the group that receives the treatment is the experimental group. The control group, on the other hand, receives no treatment and serves as a comparison group to determine the effect of the treatment. Therefore, option D) control group is incorrect. Option A) variable group is not a commonly used term in experimental design, and option B) confounded group is a term used when there is a problem that confounds the results of an experiment, which is not described in the scenario.

Wilhelm Randomly Assigns Participants to Two Groups and Compares the Group