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Controlled experiment An experiment in which conditions to provide an effective way of controlling extraneous causal factors are imposed to increase the likelihood that a predicted outcome will only result if the claim – an implication of the hypothesis being tested – is correct.
(see also: experience, experimental method, experimental group, scientific approach, pseudo-science, systematic evidence, evolution, anecdotal evidence, (conceptual) models, operational definition, critical thinking, theory (scientific), falsifiability, testability)
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