Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated.
Notes on verification
Standard definition of experimental methodology corroborated by multiple academic sources on research methods and psychology. [tier=silver indep_score=0.833 clusters=3 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- Experiment (wikipedia)
- https://media.lanecc.edu/users/kime/Psy201researchmethodsG.pdf (corroboration)
- https://www.simplypsychology.org/experimental-method.html (corroboration)
- https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hvcc-psychology-1/chapter/reading-conducting-experiments/ (corroboration)