Which of these statements represents a typical premise in the deductive logic of conducting experiments?
a. The independent variable leads to the dependent variable.
b. All other things are equal.
c. The experimenter changes the independent variable.
d. All of these are premises that apply to the experimental situation.
D
These premises are all operating in the experiment. The experimenter manipulates the independent variable and measures the dependent variable to see if it changed with the manipulation of the independent variable.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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