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crowdsourcing lingo: is there a standard term in science/math/philosophy for approaching troubleshooting by reducing or isolating variables? -- nm

Posted by Max Apr 21 '22, 10:19

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Controlling for independent variables. -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:01
Reductive reasoning? (Kidding) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 21, 10:44
Control? -- nm - Dano Apr 21, 10:24
mitigation? (we mitigate risks by doing such and such an action) -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 10:23 2
- I think "mitigation" is a good option. "Screening out variables" is also a term I used to use as a bench scientist. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 21, 10:42 1
  - Dr. Hans Zarkov was rejected as a mad scientist after he proposed reducing the number of bench variables from four legs to two. -- nm - Max Apr 21, 10:54
Elimination ? -- nm - Andie Apr 21, 10:22
segmentation, isolation, compartimentalization -- nm* - budice Apr 21, 10:21

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