Why Is Blinding Important When Designing Studies

question 26

Multiple Choice

Why is blinding important when designing studies?

• A) Researchers may deliberately manipulate results if they know the groups.
• B) Researchers may accidentally treat genuine and placebo individuals differently.
• C) Researchers must not be able to know any details about the study subjects.
• D) Researchers must treat all treatments the exact same way.

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