Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect relationships by showing what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated.
Notes on verification
Claim paraphrases well-established scientific methodology consensus, corroborated by multiple independent academic and educational sources including Wikipedia's own definition. No contradicting evidence found. [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/steps-of-the-scientific-method.html (corroboration)
- https://www.fao.org/4/w3241e/w3241e07.htm (corroboration)