| experimental group |
Clinical trial participants who do receive the experimental treatment.
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| experiment |
Scientific trial and observation of reactions to known factors to establish a hypothesis. The development of repeatable experiments by Francis Bacon and others is vitally important for it lifts human knowledge from mere belief, of say the king or priest, to facts of reality.
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| expert system |
System that employs knowledge about its application domain and uses an inferencing (reasoning) procedure to solve problems that would otherwise require human competence or expertise.
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| experimenter effect |
The theory that experimenters hold a key function in whether an experiment is successful or not. Test persons can be influenced by the wishes, personality, body language or psi-capacities of the experimenter.
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| experimental group |
A group of individuals participating in the program activities or receiving the program services being evaluated or studied. Experimental groups (also known as treatment groups) are usually compared to a control or comparison group.
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