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Experimental Design

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The first documented controlled experiment was performed by Ibn al-Haytham in the 11th century to test theories of vision, centuries before the modern scientific method.

Why this is interesting

You've probably heard that correlation does not imply causation, but how do scientists actually prove that one thing causes another? The answer lies in experimental design.