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You must have a control group, an experimental group, an experimental variable (also called the independent variable), and a response to be measured (also called the dependent variable). The experimental variable is applied only to the experimental group, so that any difference between the control group and experimental group is due only to the experimental variable. Both the control group and experimental group must have the same conditions, except for the experimental variable.
Experimental Method
It's important to control your experiment so that you can be sure the results are due to the experimental variable (independent variable) and not something else.
independent variable
The independent variable is the one variable that you change in your experiment
You must have a control group, an experimental group, an experimental variable (also called the independent variable), and a response to be measured (also called the dependent variable). The experimental variable is applied only to the experimental group, so that any difference between the control group and experimental group is due only to the experimental variable. Both the control group and experimental group must have the same conditions, except for the experimental variable.
A control group is the standard of comparison between what happens with the experimental variable and without the experimental variable.
A chameleon
Alleles
Experimental Method
It is a categorical variable such as a subject's gender or race which are not experimental conditions but are still included into the statistical analysis as a mean of statistical control.
Controlling for a variable is the act of deliberately varying the experimental conditions in order to take a single variable into account in the prediction of the outcome variable. Controlling tends to reduce the experimental error. A control is something that does not change in the experiment.
It's important to control your experiment so that you can be sure the results are due to the experimental variable (independent variable) and not something else.
Variable
because other conditions could affect the dependent variable
Anxiety would be the experimental variable
The independent variable is the one variable that you change in your experiment