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control for something
phrasal verb with controlverb[ T ]uk /kənˈtrəʊl/ us /kənˈtroʊl/-ll-
science specialized
If you control for something, you consider its effect on the result of the main thing that you are measuring or calculating when you design your research methods:
The academics controlled for age and gender in conducting their statistical analysis.
To control for the effect of placebo, the researchers split the patients into two groups; half were given the drug, and the other half were given a sugar pill placebo.
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