Daily Almanac for
May 27, 2012
Search: Infoplease Info search tips
Search: Biographies Bio search tips
| Share
 

Dictionary


sin•gle-blind



Pronunciation: (sing'gul-blīnd'), [key]
—adj.
of or pertaining to an experiment or clinical trial in which the researchers but not the subjects know which subjects are receiving the active medication or treatment and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias, as the placebo effect, from the test results. Cf. double-blind.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

single-barrelsingle bond
    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark

 

Related Content
A free, reliable Q&A site for homework help. Answerplease.com