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DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment
Example:
a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects
Synonyms:
double-blind experiment; double-blind procedure; double-blind study
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("double-blind study" is a kind of...):
experimental procedure (the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment)
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