Which of these is/are characteristic of experimental research?

(a) let as many interesting things vary as you can keep track of
(b) assign the best subjects to the experimental group and the remaining
subjects to the control group
(c) hold everything constant except the thing you're interested in
(d) one cannot draw cause-and-effect relationships from the results
(e) all of the above are characteristics of experimental research


C

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