In an experiment, when the researcher gives everyone the same instructions and the same task, the researcher is satisfying which part of the logic of the hypothetico-deductive method?
a. manipulation of the cause c. keeping all other things equal
b. measurement of the effect d. none of these
C
Everything should be held constant in an experiment except for the manipulation of the independent variable and the measuring of the dependent variable.
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