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mikaylakyoung

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Explain why control of extraneous variables is a necessary component of an experiment.
 
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When you know that a measure is nominal, you know that the numerical values are simply placeholders for the text names.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

In an experiment, control of extraneous variables is necessary to avoid the third-variable problem. Specifically, the experiment must rule out the possibility that any variable, other than the independent variable, is responsible for causing changes in the dependent variable.

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