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double-blind procedure - an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment; "a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects"

double-blind experiment, double-blind study

experimental procedure - the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment

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Yet police appear more enamored with the sequential procedure than the double-blind procedure. Indeed, in the social science literature, sequential procedures are recommended only if conducted in a double-blind manner.

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