Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

double-blind

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble-blind
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing an experiment (usually medical) in which some information which might influence the experiment is withheld from two parties. Most commonly, parties in question are the subjects and the administrators and the information which is withheld is the treatment groups of the subjects.

Example Sentences

"The Clever Hans effect, however, can be eliminated by means of double-blind procedures, where the person administering or scoring a test given to an animal does not know the “correct” answer."

Inflected Forms

double blind (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

single-blind triple-blind

Questions

What does double-blind mean?: Describing an experiment (usually medical) in which some information which might influence the experiment is withheld from two parties. Most commonly, parties in question are the subjects and the administrators and the information which is withheld is the treatment groups of the subjects.

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