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There are plenty of experimental designs other than double-blind that have been demonstrated to prove causality. Or actually "quasi-experimental" but still. I
by ojbyrne 18y ago
There are plenty of experimental designs other than double-blind that have been demonstrated to prove causality. Or actually "quasi-experimental" but still.
I had this book inflicted upon me in a past life:
http://www.amazon.com/Experimental-Quasi-Experimental-Designs-Generalized-Inference/dp/0395615569 http://www.amazon.com/Experimental-Quasi-Experimental-Design...
- evilneanderthal 18y agoI know we're just arguing on an internet forum, but in all seriousness, how can you possibly achieve control? At this point I'm more interested in whether such a thing is even possible and less interested in being right on the internet =]
- Retric 18y agoDouble blind is setup so you can see low order effects. If your testing is 1 pound of cyanide is lethal it does not take a lot of scientific rigor to find out. If the pads are 1% better it would be next to impossible to find out. But if they are 1/5 or 5 times as good it would be obvious.