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Unit 1 – Scientific Foundations of Psychology
Topic 1.3
The purpose of the control group is to...
Isolate the effect of the indepentant variable on the dependent variable by removing confounding variables.
Develop effective placebos.
Increase the likelihood of statistical significance.
Increase the validity of the experiment.
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AP Psychology - 1.3 Defining Psychological Science: The Experimental Method
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