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DOUBLE BLIND [1 record]

Record 1 1995-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Diagnostic Aids (Psychology)
DEF

A research technique or experiment in which neither the subjects nor the experimenters know which subjects have been exposed to the independent variable (placebo). It is used for controlling biases that my be introduced by either the subjects or the researchers.

OBS

double blind : term used in the context of military training.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Aides au diagnostic (Psychologie)
DEF

Méthode utilisée lors d'expériences dans lesquelles ni les sujets ni l'expérimentateur ne sont tenus au courant de la façon dont la variable indépendante est manipulée, tant que l'expérimentation n'est pas terminée. On emploie également les expressions double insu ou double contrôle.

PHR

validation en double aveugle.

OBS

à double insu : terme employé dans le contexte de l'instruction militaire.

Spanish

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