Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triple-blind

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables: triple-blind
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing an experiment (usually medical) in which some information which might influence the experiment is withheld from three different parties until the outcome of the experiment is known: most commonly, the three parties are the subjects, the administrators, and the statisticians analysing the data.

Example Sentences

"Triple-blind (i.e., triple-masking) studies are randomized experiments in which the treatment or intervention is unknown to (a) the research participant, (b) the individual(s) who administer the treatment or intervention, and (c) the individual(s) who assess the outcomes."

Inflected Forms

triple blind (alternative)

Phrases

experimenter's bias

Frequently Paired Words

experimenter's bias double-blind single-blind

Questions

What does triple-blind mean?: Describing an experiment (usually medical) in which some information which might influence the experiment is withheld from three different parties until the outcome of the experiment is known: most commonly, the three parties are the subjects, the administrators, and the statisticians analysing the data.

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