Alphabetical
control
[noun]
In science, a control is a system for which the expected change or outcome is well known and is measured or observed for the purpose of comparing it to a treatment group in scientific research. The control is used as a standard to compare or quantify change in the treatment. For more information, see Experimentation in Scientific Research.
Appears in modules:
- Animal Ecology Competition, predation, and cooperation
- Cell Division I The cell cycle
- Charles Darwin II Natural selection
- Collaborative Research in the Arctic Towards Understanding Climate Change The work of Kevin Arrigo
- DNA I The genetic material
- Experimentation in Scientific Research Variables and controls in practice
- Population Biology Carrying capacity, demographics, and cycles
- Scientific Ethics Ethical standards and their implications
- Scientists and the Scientific Community The experiences that shape scientists
- Substances Pure substances and mixtures
- The Phosphorus Cycle Phosphates and fertilizer
- Uncertainty, Error, and Confidence Characterizing natural variability and human error
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