对照组

對照組
duìzhàozǔ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 control group
  2. 2 comparison group

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yīshēng bǎ bìngrén fēnchéng shíyànzǔ hé duìzhàozǔ.
The doctors split the patients into an experimental group and a control group.
HSK 7-9
Duìzhàozǔ de xiǎoshǔ méiyou yòngyào, tǐzhòng jīhū méiyou biànhuà.
The mice in the control group got no drug, and their weight barely changed.

Tips

usage
Its partner is 实验组, the experimental group. In drug trials the control group is often given a 安慰剂, a placebo, so that nobody can tell which group got the real treatment.

Stroke Order

对 duì
照 zhào
组 zǔ