Glossary C
Glossary C
- Control group in an experimental study : Control group in an experimental study refers to a group of subjects whose experience resembles that of the experimental group in all ways, except that they do not receive the key manipulation
Control Procedures refer to consistent procedures for giving instructions, scoring responses, and holding all other variables constant except those being systematically varied.
Control questions is a term used in a polygraph examination that refer to questions that almost always provoke anxiety.
Control variable refers to a circumstance of the experiment that the experimenter sets at a particular level and prevents from varying; a potential independent variable that is held constant in an experiment
Please see Test variable.
Control-enhancing interventions is defined as interventions with patients who are awaiting treatment for the purpose of enhancing their perceptions of control over those treatments.
Control/Display Compatibility refers to the degree to which relationships between controls and displays are consistent with user expectations For example, a person may have expectations concerning the movement of a control and its expected effect on a display based on a previously formed stereotype of that movement.