Talk:experimental group

RFD
Sum of parts? SemperBlotto 10:07, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Definition looks like it was taken from a textbook, but without the context required to explain "the independent variable". More typical wording would include the word treatment:.
 * Some OneLook references have this term, some medical dictionaries and RH. Many more have the contrasting term control group:. Does the pairing of this with the more nearly idiomatic term make any difference to the voting public here? DCDuring TALK 13:19, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I would think it might be obvious from context. Compare a different "sense": "On this first release with his experimental group Qantara, Shaheen presents his vision of Arabic music fused with Western and African forms." Equinox ◑ 21:33, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge into [[experimental]]. We're missing the relevant sense of : we currently define it in a way that would apply to the control group just as well as to the experimental group. However, there is a relevant sense, and it's not restricted to collocation with "group"; cites can be found saying things like "The recall of experimental subjects exceeded that of control subjects", or "In the experimental condition a group of participants watch a movie excerpt with a funny content; in the control condition a different group of participants watch an excerpt with an emotionally neutral content." —Ruakh TALK 15:19, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete SoP. — Ungoliant (Falai) 16:16, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Deleted. I've edited experimental; others should continue to improve that entry as needed. - -sche (discuss) 19:45, 13 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I've opened a RFD of control group. - -sche (discuss) 19:46, 13 October 2012 (UTC)