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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 experiment
Familiarity information: DOUBLE-BLIND PROCEDURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• 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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