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double-blind procedure

DEFINITIONS OF: double-blind procedure

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n an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment

“a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects”
Synonyms:
double-blind experiment, double-blind study
Type of:
experimental procedure
the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment
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