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AP Stats October 10, 2017 4.2 Experiments Observational Study vs. Experiment Well-designed experiments take steps to prevent confounding. The Language of Experiments How to Experiment Well The remedy for confounding is to perform a comparative experiment in which some units receive one treatment and similar units receive another. Most well designed experiments compare two or more treatments. Principles of Experimental Design

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AP Stats October 10, 2017

4.2 Experiments

Observational Study vs. Experiment

Well-designed experiments take steps to prevent confounding.

The Language of Experiments How to Experiment Well

The remedy for confounding is to perform a comparative experiment in which some units receive one treatment and similar units receive another. Most well designed experiments compare two or more treatments.

Principles of Experimental Design

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AP Stats October 10, 2017

Experiments: What Can Go Wrong? Inference for Experiments

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