Definition of Double blind

1. Noun. A test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed; designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results.

Generic synonyms: Run, Test, Trial

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Blind

double bar line
double bar lines
double bed
double beds
double belly buster
double belly busters
double biceps
double bill
double bills
double bind
double bind theory
double birdie
double blind (current term)
double bluff
double bluffs
double bogey
double bogeys
double boiler
double boilers
double bond
double bonds
double bonus
double booked
double bookkeeping
double break
double bridle

Literary usage of Double blind

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Overview of Addiction Treatment Effectiveness by Mim J. Landry (1996)
"After maintenance for 4 to 12 weeks, subjects entered a double-blind ... Dosing was double-blind and double-dummy. Patients were stabilized on a regimen of ..."

2. Value of Psychiatric Treatment: Its Efficacy in Severe Mental Disorders edited by Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"In 1990, Small reviewed 14 double-blind studies of carbamazepine in acute ... Five other double-blind studies reviewed by Small compared carbamazepine and ..."

3. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"There now are at least six double-blind studies demonstrating that the ... These patients took part in a double- blind, placebo-controlled trial of ..."

4. Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children: Clinical Practice Guideline by Sylvan E. Stool (1998)
"Oral steroid therapy for chronic middle ear perfusion: a double-blind crossover study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1986;95(2): 193-9. Lampe RM, Weir MR, ..."

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