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Meaning of single-blind | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Describing an experiment (usually medical) in which some information which might influence the trial is withheld from particular participants until the experiment is complete. Most commonly, information about treatment groups is withheld from subjects, but not the administrators.

not-comparable

Examples

“By definition, a single-blind study is the one in which either the patient or investigator is blind to the assignment of the patient. In practice, a single-blind trial is referred to as a trial in which only the patient is unaware of his or her treatment assignment.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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