Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

control group

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

Syllables: con-trol -group
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test.

Inflected Forms

control groups (plural)

Synonyms

control

Questions

What does control group mean?: The group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test.

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