double-blind
adjective
dou·ble-blind
ˌdə-bəl-ˈblīnd 
: 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 open-label, single-blind
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The officiant describes Love Is Blind as the most important double-blind experiment for these two scientists.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
In double-blind lab tests, two canines proved able to correctly pick out the scent of children infected with malaria parasites 70 percent of the time.
—Megan Molteni, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2018
In a subsequent double-blind study, one group of pregnant women were given choline supplements and the other placebos.
—Daliah Singer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
The new double-blind Canadian study of doxyPrEP enrolled 52 gay and bisexual men and evenly randomized them to receive doxycycline or a placebo.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 18 July 2024
The second was a 2007 double-blind trial that found a 5 percent tea tree oil gel to be more effective than a placebo in reducing acne severity.
—Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
The first data from Gilead Science’s PURPOSE 1 Phase 3, double-blind, randomized trial, was extremely promising.
—New Atlas, 15 July 2024
But to Lamb’s knowledge, no double-blind placebo studies have shown that any substance applied topically will boost beta-endorphin or serotonin production, either locally in people’s skin or throughout the nervous system broadly.
—Hannah Seo, The Atlantic, 10 July 2024
For one thing, the experts, along with the FDA, found that the double-blind trials were essentially unblinded—both therapists and participants knew whether participants received MDMA, given the potent effects of the drug.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
In double-blind lab tests, two canines proved able to correctly pick out the scent of children infected with malaria parasites 70 percent of the time.
—Megan Molteni, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2018
In a subsequent double-blind study, one group of pregnant women were given choline supplements and the other placebos.
—Daliah Singer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
The new double-blind Canadian study of doxyPrEP enrolled 52 gay and bisexual men and evenly randomized them to receive doxycycline or a placebo.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 18 July 2024
The second was a 2007 double-blind trial that found a 5 percent tea tree oil gel to be more effective than a placebo in reducing acne severity.
—Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
The first data from Gilead Science’s PURPOSE 1 Phase 3, double-blind, randomized trial, was extremely promising.
—New Atlas, 15 July 2024
But to Lamb’s knowledge, no double-blind placebo studies have shown that any substance applied topically will boost beta-endorphin or serotonin production, either locally in people’s skin or throughout the nervous system broadly.
—Hannah Seo, The Atlantic, 10 July 2024
For one thing, the experts, along with the FDA, found that the double-blind trials were essentially unblinded—both therapists and participants knew whether participants received MDMA, given the potent effects of the drug.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
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double-blind
adjective
dou·ble-blind
ˌdəb-əl-ˈblīnd
: 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 open-label, single-blind
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