AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Researcher nor participants know which group the participants are in
A
double blind study
B
single blind study
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A type of clinical trial in which neither the participants nor the researcher knows which treatment or intervention participants are receiving until the clinical trial is over. This makes results of the study less likely to be biased.

Detailed explanation-2: -A double-blind study is one in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment. This procedure is utilized to prevent bias in research results.

Detailed explanation-3: -Example of Double Blinding in Research In these studies, random assignment is used to allocate patients into two groups: the treatment/experimental group (which receives the drug) and the control group (which receives an inactive substance that looks identical to the treatment but has no drug in it).

Detailed explanation-4: -Listen to pronunciation. (SING-gul-blind STUH-dee) A type of clinical trial in which only the researcher doing the study knows which treatment or intervention the participant is receiving until the trial is over. A single-blind study makes results of the study less likely to be biased.

Detailed explanation-5: -Therefore, both research participants and researchers are blind to this information. Double-blind studies help in reducing the biases like the placebo effect, experimenter bias, and experimenter expectancy effect that hinder the results and conclusions of the study.

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