[Reviews of the Scientific Method]

7. You are conducting an experiment to test the hypothesis that Vitamin C provides a person with increased resistance to the common cold. You give 100 volunteers 5 vitamin C tablets a day, while 100 different volunteers receive 5 sugar tablets a day.

Which group of volunteers is the experimental test group?

The experimental test group is the group of people receiving the vitamin you are testing, in this case, the group receiving the vitamin C.

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