DOUBLE-BLIND EXPERIMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double-blind experiment mean? 

• DOUBLE-BLIND EXPERIMENT (noun)
  The noun DOUBLE-BLIND EXPERIMENT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE-BLIND EXPERIMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE-BLIND EXPERIMENT (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

double-blind experiment; double-blind procedure; double-blind study

Context example:

a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects

Hypernyms ("double-blind experiment" is a kind of...):

experimental procedure (the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment)