Psychology A-Level
experimental control
What experimental control means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of experimental control
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Reference: OCR
Using techniques such as standardised instructions, counterbalancing, and random allocation to control extraneous variables.
Topics that use experimental control
- Planning and conducting research (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- behavioural category
- confounding variables
- Counterbalancing
- directional and non-directional hypotheses
- ethical planning
- event sampling
- operationalisation
- order effects
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