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See note opening section II – 2.
Blinding * – In the methodology of a study, an arrangement making the observers unaware of certain facts (that might bias their observations); also: the counterpart of this in respect to the study subjects (notably as to the category of intervention to which they were assigned in an intervention-prognostic study, so as to prevent this influencing their engagement in extraneous interventions and/or their reporting on their experiences).
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Miettinen, O.S. (2011). Terms and Concepts of Methods of Study. In: Epidemiological Research: Terms and Concepts. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1171-6_11
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