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The situations you're describing should be prevented by a double blind trial - they're actually exactly what a double blind is meant to prevent.
by lucubratory 3y ago
The situations you're describing should be prevented by a double blind trial - they're actually exactly what a double blind is meant to prevent.
- kmeisthax 3y agoYou're actually thinking of a triple blind trial: i.e. blinding the experimental subject, the scientists administering the experiment, and the statisticians interpreting the results. Double-blind is only the first two.
- lucubratory 3y agoRight, thank you.
- yashap 3y agoYeah, I never worked in a field that did double blind studies - did my MSc in Oceanography, and these were areas I felt bias could (and likely generally did) seep in within Oceanography. I assume each field has its own weak points, but I’d assume most fields do have them, since there’s so little real, independent reproducing of results, we’re basically depending on individual scientists to be perfectly objective, which just isn’t how human beings work IMO.