Researchers set up a study to determine whether large doses of a nutritional supplement would shorten the length of time it takes to recover from a cold. Three thousand volunteers were split into two groups. For two weeks, members of group A took 3,000 mg of the supplement daily. Group B received 3,000 mg of a placebo (sugar pill). At the end of the two-week period, the researchers inserted live cold viruses directly into the noses of all the volunteers. The volunteers in both group A and group B continued to take their daily pills. All the volunteers got colds, and there was no significant difference in the length of time the colds lasted.
-Which was the experimental group?

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Group A was the experimental group because they received the nutritional supplement, while Group B received a placebo. The researchers were testing whether the supplement would shorten the length of time it takes to recover from a cold, so the group receiving the supplement was the experimental group.

Researchers Set Up a Study to Determine Whether Large Doses