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The surest path to ultimate reality is through the experimental sciences. Only by experimentation can we establish functional relations (causal relations). Only by manipulating an independent variable can we prove that it affects a dependent variable. Otherwise we are restricted to mere speculation.
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Malott, R.W. (1986). Experimentation in Behavioral Psychology. In: Poling, A., Fuqua, R.W. (eds) Research Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8786-2_1
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