double-blind

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word double-blind. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word double-blind, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say double-blind in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word double-blind you have here. The definition of the word double-blind will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofdouble-blind, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

double-blind (not comparable)

  1. 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.
    Coordinate terms: single-blind, triple-blind
    • 1984, Philip Lieberman, The Biology and Evolution of Language, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 246:
      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.

Translations

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia