Identify the steps needed to design an experiment

What will be an ideal response?

A good answer would include the following key points:
• Central feature: comparison of the consequences of different treatments.
• The two different experiences are called treatments. (Procedure applied by investigator.)
• Treatment Group: the group receiving the treatment.
• Control Group: does not receive treatment.
• Independent Variable: the variable researchers manipulate in the experiment.
• Dependent Variable: the variable researchers measure in an experiment.
• Participants are assigned to different treatment groups by random assignment.
• Sample: a group of participants chosen for an experiment.

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