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This method is one in which a researcher manipulates a variable (anything that can vary) under highly controlled conditions to see if this produces (causes) any changes in a second variable.
The variable, or variables, that the researcher manipulates is called the independent variable while the second variable, the one measured for changes, is called the dependent variable. Independent variables are sometimes refered to as antecedent (preceding) conditions.
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