A Procedure Used to Hide the Group Assignment from the Participants

question 33

Multiple Choice

A procedure used to hide the group assignment from the participants in a study to prevent their beliefs about the effectiveness of a treatment from affecting the results is ______.

• A) double-blind design
• B) tri-blind design
• C) multi-blind design
• D) single-blind design

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