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Scientific control — Wikipedia (en)

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  title = {Scientific control — Wikipedia (en)},
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A scientific control is an element of an experiment or observation designed to minimize the influence of variables other than the independent variable under investigation, thereby reducing the risk of confounding. The use of controls increases the reliability and validity of results by providing a baseline for comparison between experimental measurements and control measurements. In many designs, the control group does not receive the experimental treatment, allowing researchers to isolate the effect of the independent variable. Scientific controls are a fundamental part of the scientific method, particularly in fields such as biology, chemistry, medicine, and psychology, where complex systems are subject to multiple interacting variables.

Tema degli esploratori: storia e filosofia della scienza (deposito sistematico; ricerca «scientific method»).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Scientific control» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_control
Wikidata Q367359: «subject or observation selected to minimize the effects of variables other than the independent variable of an experiment» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367359
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_control?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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