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What is a control?

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a variable or variables for which you cannot account

a variable or variables for which you cannot account

a variable or variables that you must keep constant during an experiment

a variable or variables that you must keep constant during an experiment

a variable or variables that change with the independent variable

a variable or variables that change with the independent variable

a variable or variables that you manipulate during an experiment

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a variable or variables that you must keep constant during an experiment

Explanation: Control variables are held constant so they don't confound the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable. (A related term, "control group," is a group that does not receive the experimental treatment.)