When in sociology we speak of researchers using controls, we mean_______________?

A. seeking to manipulate the outcomes of a research process

B. holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others

C. supervising the data collection process as closely as possible

D. being as precise as possible in defining an initial hypothesis

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