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Ned is designing an experiment to test which hand sanitizer kills the most E. coli bacteria. In order for Ned's results to be valid, what must he do?

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Have a control. You have to have something to compare your experimental results or else your results could be random chance.

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User Zarick Lau
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test the hand sanitizers on bacterial colonies that are kept in the exact same environmental conditions, such as temperature and light level
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User Kartik Patel
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