When Doing Experimental Research, Why Is It Important to Control

question 122

Multiple Choice

When doing experimental research, why is it important to control for everything except the independent variable?

• A) so the experiment can be kept very simple
• B) so multiple variables don't conflict with each other
• C) so the researcher doesn't have to gather too much information about the subjects
• D) so the experiment can be made more affordable
• E) so a clear conclusion can be drawn about what influences the dependent variable

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