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ISBN: 9781259188121
Author: Peter Stiling, Robert Brooker, Linda Graham, Eric Widmaier
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 10TY
What is the purpose of using a control group in a scientific experiment?
- a. A control group allows the researcher to practice the experiment first before actually conducting it.
- b. A researcher can compare the results in the experimental group and control group to determine if a single variable is causing a particular outcome in the experimental group.
- c. A control group provides the framework for the entire experiment so the researcher can recall the procedures that should be conducted.
- d. A control group allows the researcher to conduct other experimental changes without disturbing the original experiment.
- e. all of the above.
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