The Most Important Advantage of the Experimental Method Is That

question 40

Multiple Choice

The most important advantage of the experimental method is that it

• A) can test hypotheses about cause-and-effect relationships
• B) is the only method that can tell us whether two or more variables are correlated
• C) is not subject to any interpretative biases
• D) can test hypotheses about cause-and-effect relationships and is the only method that can tell us whether two or more variable are correlated
• E) all of these

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Definitions:

Population Distributions

The spread of characteristics or values within a whole population, often visualized as a graph.

Difference Between Values

The subtraction result of one value from another, often used to measure variation or change in data sets.

Dependent Populations

Populations in which members or samples do not independently exist from one another, often implying some relationship or mutual influence between the data sets.

Observations

Data collected during an experiment or study, often representing measured values of the variables of interest.