The Best Way to Describe a Double-Blind Study Is to Say

question 14

Multiple Choice

The best way to describe a double-blind study is to say that

• A) the observer does not know which is the control group and which is the experimental group.
• B) neither the observer nor the participants know which group is the experimental group and which is the control group.
• C) the participants do not know who is in the experimental group and who is in the control group.
• D) both the observer and the participants know which is the control group and which is the experimental group.

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