Double-blind Study

Definition: Double-blind Study

Double-blind Study

Noun

1. 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 placebo effects.

Specialty Definition: Double-blind Study

Non-Fiction Usage: Double-blind Study

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In the 5-year, double-blind study, participants will receive either the vaccine or a placebo � neither the doctors nor the study participants will know which injection was given until the end of the study. (references)
		A second project conducted by NCCAM-supported researchers at the Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, is a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study of the effect of standardized GBE on preventing or delaying cognitive decline in people age 85 years or older (the oldest old). The study focuses on this population because of their high risk for developing MCI, which can be a precursor to dementia. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translation: Double-blind Study

Language		Translations for "double-blind study"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		dobbeltblindet undersøgelse (double-blind, double-blinding), dobbeltblind undersøgelse (double-blind, double-blinding). (various references)

Dutch		dubbel-blind-onderzoek (double-blind, double-blinding). (various references)

Finnish		kaksoissokkokoe (double-blind, double-blinding). (various references)

French		double aveugle (double-blind, double-blinding). (various references)

German		Doppelblindstudie (blinding, double-blind, double-blinding). (various references)

Greek		διπλά τυφλό (double-blind, double-blinding). (various references)

Italian		studio in doppio cieco (double-blind, double-blinding). (various references)

Pig Latin		ouble-blindday udystay

Spanish		estudio doble ciego (double-blind, double-blinding), estudio de doble ciego (double-blind, double-blinding), estudio a doble ciego (double-blind, double-blinding), ensayo doble ciego (double-blind, double-blinding), ensayo a doble ciego (double-blind, double-blinding). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Double-blind Study

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Alternative Orthography: Double-blind Study

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Domain	Definition
Medicine	A type of clinical trial in which neither the subject nor the investigator knows what treatment, if any, the subject is receiving. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Double-blind Study

Definition: Double-blind Study