The Term ______ Refers to a Small Incremental Adjustment to an Existing

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Essay

The term ______ refers to a small incremental adjustment to an existing plan of action.

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Definitions:

Extraneous Factors

Variables that can influence the outcome of an experiment but are not the variables being studied.

Control Group

A group in an experiment that does not receive the treatment being tested and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested groups do.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution, crucial for estimating population parameters.

Matched Pairs Experiment

An experimental design where subjects are paired based on certain characteristics, and then one in each pair is randomly assigned to the treatment group, while the other receives the control.