any group used as a control in a statistical experiment, esp a group of patients who receive either a placebo or a standard drug during an investigation of the effects of another drug on other patients
control group in American English
a group that serves as the control in a scientific experiment; specif., such a group that does not receive the substance, drug, treatment, etc. being tested
Examples of 'control group' in a sentence
control group
We would not expect much change in either two control groups.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
Another control group was not scanned.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They did slightly better than the control group, which received no shocks at all!
Siegel, Bernie S. (MD) Love, Medicine and Miracles (1990)
A control group received plasma from mice their own age.