Question

A researcher examining the effects of an experimental surgery on epilepsy randomly assigns epileptic patients to three different conditions. in one condition the participants receive the surgery, in another condition the participants receive the standard epileptic medication, and in a third condition the participants receive the surgery one month after the other group of patients who received the surgery. this third group of patients is in the _____ condition

Answer 1

The answer to this question is the "WAIT-LIST CONTROL". When a  researcher is examining the effects of an experimental surgery on epilepsy randomly assigns epileptic patients to three different conditions. The first condition is that the participants receive the surgery. The second condition is that the patients receive the medication while third condition, the patients receive the surgery one month after the other group of patients. The third group of patients who need to wait for another one month is in the WAIT-LIST CONTROL and can only be accommodated after the other group is done.