Suppose that a researcher would like to evaluate the effectiveness of a K-12 educational program to promote recycling activities. Of 100 children who participated in the study, randomly selected 50 students completed the program and the remaining 50 students did not complete the program. The researcher compares the two groups in terms of the frequency of weekly recycling activities.In this example, the group of the students who did not complete the educational program is a:
Group of answer choices
placebo group.
null group.
treatment group.
control group