To Provide a Baseline Against Which They Can Evaluate the Effects

question 45

Multiple Choice

To provide a baseline against which they can evaluate the effects of a specific treatment,experimenters make use of a(n)

• A) dependent variable.
• B) independent variable.
• C) control group.
• D) experimental group.

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