What Best Describes a Double-Blind Experiment? ​

question 16

Multiple Choice

What best describes a double-blind experiment? ​

• A)Both subject groups alternate receiving each treatment.
• B)Neither the subjects nor the researchers know which subjects are in each group.
• C)The subjects do not know whether they are in the control or experimental groups, but the researchers do know.
• D)The subjects know whether they are in the control or experimental groups, but the researchers do not know.

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