experimental subject
Trial group member
An experimental subject is a person, animal, or other entity undergoing study in a research experiment.
The term emphasizes the subject's role as the object of investigation rather than an active participant: The experimental subjects were divided into treatment and control groups.
In human research, the term has largely given way to "participant" to acknowledge agency and ethical standing.
- lab ratResearch experiment animal
- lab mouseRodent used in experiments
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- guinea pigSmall rodent, pet or test subject
- randomizationIntroducing chance systematically
sample · double blind · patient · informed consent · research ethics · humane treatment · privacy rights · participant · control variables · Tuskegee · ethical guidelines · test · risk assessment · shiver · fruit fly · gaze · strap · zebrafish
- research subjectsparticipant, volunteer, enrollee, recruit, control
experimental subjectresearcher
One who studies systematically
experimenter · investigator · scientist · lab director · clinician
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