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double-blind — UK US adjective [usually before noun] (also double blinded) ► used to describe a test of a new product, especially a medicine, in which one group of people is given the new product, and another group is given something that contains none of the… … Financial and business terms
double-blind — adj technical a double blind scientific test or study compares two or more groups in which neither the scientists nor the people being studied know which group is being tested and which group is not … Dictionary of contemporary English
double-blind — adjective SCIENCE a double blind test involves two groups of people, only one of which is really being tested. None of the people in the two groups and none of the scientists performing the test knows which people belong to each group … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
double-blind — ☆ double blind [dub′ lblīnd′ ] adj. designating or of a technique used to test objectively the effects of a drug, course of treatment, etc. in which neither the subjects nor the researchers know during the testing who is actually receiving the… … English World dictionary
double-blind — ADJ A double blind study or experiment compares two groups of people, one of which is being tested while the other is not. Neither the people doing the testing nor the members of the two groups know which group is being tested. In a double blind… … English dictionary
double-blind — adj. Double blind is used with these nouns: ↑trial … Collocations dictionary
double-blind — adjective technical a double blind experiment 1 (1) or study compares two or more groups in which neither the scientists nor the people being studied know which group is being tested and which group is not … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
double-blind — UK / US adjective science a double blind test involves two groups of people, only one of which is really being tested. None of the people in the two groups and none of the scientists performing the test knows which people belong to each group … English dictionary
double-blind experiment — noun an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment a double blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and… … Useful english dictionary
double-blind procedure — noun an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment a double blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and… … Useful english dictionary
double-blind study — noun an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment a double blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and… … Useful english dictionary
