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after-the-fact analysis of variance antecedents baseline before-and-after bias biases chance combination consumers of science control group control-group method correlation crude decide depression describe diazepam drug effects elastic-ruler error ethical example experience experimental external validity fact factors females Figure formal language four rogues fuzzy genetic Hawthorne effect human increase independent variable inferential statistics influence intelligence interview investigator involves labels language less male Math grades mean multilayered multimethod naturalistic observation nest objective observational checkpoints obtained on-stage ordinal scale patients person population predictions problem procedure psychology pupae puzzle box questionnaire questions random reduce regions of uncertainty relatively represent role rules sample scale scientific scientists score selected sieves smoking social sociobiologists speculation standard deviation statistical subjects surface systematic theory tion treatment unobtrusive measures Valium women X₁ Z score