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researcher is curious to find out what type of music helps people relax the best. He thinks that listening to classical music will make people feel more calm and relaxed. He allows one group to listen to classical music for one hour, a second group listens to heavy metal music for one hour, and the third group sits in complete quiet for an hour. Over the one hour period, he monitors the heart rate of all participants. What is the control ​

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The control is the amount of time allowed to listen to music (or not listen to music in the control group’s case). If he allowed each group to listen to music/not listen to music for a different amount of time, it would reduce the validity of the results.
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