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What is a "control" in an experiment? *
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What is a "control" in an experiment? *

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A scientific control is an experiment or observation designed to minimize the effects of variables other than the independent variable. This increases the reliability of the results, often through a comparison between control measurements and the other measurements. Hope this helped :)
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The factor that the person experimenting has control over

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