In Reply to: Blind testing assumes that one steps in the same river twice posted by Jay Buridan on November 7, 2016 at 14:46:05:
1. Nothing is compared. Let me say that again - nothing is compared. Participants don't judge two different choices.
2. One group gets control drug while other gets placebo.
3. There is no "skill" involved and training has no effect on results.
4. The test procedure involves no change whatsoever to the way in which the results are evaluated. As opposed to the *assumption* that extraneous gear introduced into the process (aka controls) has no effect.
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- Ironically, the medical "gold standard" shares little in common with audio trials - E-Stat 06:59:33 11/08/16 (5)
- It isn't just the "nedical gold standard. It's the scientific gold standard - Analog Scott 13:37:48 11/19/16 (4)
- RE: It isn't just the "nedical gold standard. It's the scientific gold standard - geoffkait 17:38:14 11/24/16 (1)
- RE: It isn't just the "nedical gold standard. It's the scientific gold standard - Analog Scott 17:25:45 11/25/16 (0)
- So, hi-fi is a science? - Jay Buridan 19:41:27 11/19/16 (1)
- neither. It's marketing slogan - Analog Scott 20:25:52 11/19/16 (0)