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DOUBLE-BLIND PROCEDURE

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

DOUBLE-BLIND PROCEDURE (noun)
  The noun DOUBLE-BLIND PROCEDURE 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 experimentplay

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


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DOUBLE-BLIND PROCEDURE (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 procedure" is a kind of...):

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


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