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double blind

 
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n.

A testing procedure, designed to eliminate biased results, in which the identity of those receiving a test treatment is concealed from both administrators and subjects until after the study is completed.

doubleblind dou'ble-blind' (dŭb'əl-blīnd') adj.
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Term used in parapsychology for a situation where all the participants in a test are unaware of any information or cues relating to the target of the test or psi responses to it.

 
 

 

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