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ollegr [7]
3 years ago
15

What does it mean to control variables in an experiment 

Chemistry
1 answer:
devlian [24]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

Essentially, a control variable is what is kept the same throughout the experiment, and it is not of primary concern in the experimental outcome. Any change in a control variable in an experiment would invalidate the correlation of dependent variables (DV) to the independent variable (IV), thus skewing the results.

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