double-blind test
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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 — 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 — 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 — ☆ 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
Blind test (homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. L expression « blind test » (« test en aveugle » en anglais) peut s appliquer à : des jeux de société ; une technique… … Wikipédia en Français
DOUBLE-BLIND — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. [dub ul BLIYND] a medical study or test in which neither the researchers nor the subjects know who is receiving placebos and who is receiving real medicine, employed to assure objectivity. To attain maximum… … English dictionary for students
double-blind — dou·ble blind .dəb əl blīnd adj of, relating to, or being an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects nor the experimenters know which subjects are in the test and control groups during the actual course of the experiments compare… … Medical dictionary
double blind — 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 • Hypernyms: ↑test,… … Useful english dictionary
double-blind — adjective Date: 1950 of, relating to, or being an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects nor the experimenters know the identity of the individuals in the test and control groups during the actual course of the experiments compare… … New Collegiate Dictionary
