In a Double-Blind Experiment

question 130

Multiple Choice

In a double-blind experiment:

• A)the researcher conducting the post-treatment assessment does not know which participants were given the treatment and which had been assigned to a wait-list control.
• B)the researchers conducting the treatment send their data to an impartial laboratory for analysis;they are kept blind as to the results of the study until publication.
• C)both the experimenter and the participant are uninformed about which treatment the participant is receiving.
• D)participants never know if they were given the treatment or not.

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Definitions:

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