http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDSTgIgoQ1fjktIAj2008-06-25T05:10:40.962ZGlossary of selected Judgement and Decision-making, Belief-related, and other Psychology termsGoogle Notebook1110http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDSTgIgoQ1fjktIAj/NDSTgIgoQ7sTmtIAj2008-02-11T03:46:14.766Z2008-06-25T05:10:40.962Z<div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"></span></div> <div> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">Control</span></i></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">In </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQzjIgoQw_ColP4i"><span style="color:maroon"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">experimental</font></span></a></span><font face="arial,sans-serif"><font color="#990000"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRreIgoQkcrhz4Ai"><span style="color:maroon"><font color="#990000">science</font></span></a></span></font></font><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">, the </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQNsIgoQ1NLmyPgh"><span style="color:maroon"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">process</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> of separating out or eliminating extraneous </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRFIIgoQ2Pe9-Pch"><span style="color:maroon"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">factors</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> which could affect the </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDR1XIgoQ2_7dzvch"><span style="color:maroon"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">outcome</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> of a <span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ6oIgoQ8OfX2pQj"><span style="color:maroon"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">study</font></span></a></span> between two groups of </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDRqeIgoQ4prn4aIi"><span style="color:maroon"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">subjects</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> in which one is exposed to a </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDRmWIwoQ69Dv9p0i"><span style="color:maroon"><font color="#990000">suspected cause</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"><span> </span>and the other is not.</span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">(see also: </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRreIgoQkcrhz4Ai"><span style="color:maroon"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">science</font></span></a></span><font face="arial,sans-serif"><font color="#990000"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDQiWIwoQ5_DZ9p0i"><span style="color:maroon"><font color="#990000">experimental research</font></span></a></span></font></font><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">, </font><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDQyWIwoQnISGjZki"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">control group</font></span></a><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">, </font><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDQSkIwoQ857C5Jgi"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">double-blind</font></span></a><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">, </font><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDRKOIgoQh6TxjJki"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">experimenter bias</font></span></a><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">, </font><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDQ2OIgoQ0pi25Jgi"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">randomized assignment</font></span></a><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">, </font><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDQ2WIwoQ4bbz45gi"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">confound/confounding</font></span></a><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">, </font><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDRmWIwoQ69Dv9p0i"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">variable</font></span></a><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">, </font><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDQ6YIgoQtp7Y7bIi"><span 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