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226 months ago

AlejandraCL   asked this question:

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226 months ago

   wrote:

blank (sample)

My comment:

a blank sample is normally used in essays for control purposes. One example:

[PDF] Chapter 4 Quality Assurance Sample Chain of Custody
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A field blank sample is a non-exposed sample of the medium being used for ... Laboratory control samples (i.e., matrix spiked with known concentration of ...
www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/Pubs/2001/600R01055chap4.pdf

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226 months ago

Isabel Ruivo   wrote:

baseline control sample

226 months ago

Heather Phillips M.I.T.I.   wrote:

We compared the fruit treated with pesticide with the control group/batch

My comment:

"testigo" is always "control" in the context of pharmaceutical/veterinary tests, it is the untreated group/batch against which the results of treatment are checked.

My references:

See this link: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0035-9254(1979)28%3A2%3C144%3ATCOTWC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V

226 months ago

Heather Phillips M.I.T.I.   wrote:

control group

My comment:

Seems to be some kind of comparison test.

My references:

Harper Collins Unabridged Spanish/English Dictionary

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

226 months ago

   wrote:

That's also my understanding

226 months ago

   wrote:

Gracias, Claude.

226 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

Mirándolo bien, también me inclino por esta respuesta.

226 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

Hola y gracias, Clara.

226 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

That's also my understanding

226 months ago

Heather Phillips M.I.T.I.   wrote:

Check sample

My comment:

me parece mejor esta respuesta que mi primera

226 months ago

Heather Phillips M.I.T.I.   wrote:

model sample

226 months ago

Nachiobol   wrote:

we made comparisons of the pesticide free fruit with the trial fruit sample

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

226 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

This is the best translation in my humble opinion

226 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

witness

My comment:

"We compared the fruit without pesticide with a witness"
As I understand it, a witness was present at the time of the comparison.