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Blind test

A test where the people involved don't know which is which, so what they expect can't change the result - as Clever Hans showed, knowing can change things even when nobody cheats.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can say why knowing which is which can change a result, and what makes a test blind.

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  1. 1

    Foundation

    You can say why knowing which is which can change a result, and what makes a test blind.

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    Testing against the worldA blind test is an experiment protected from expectations.Confirmation biasExpecting a result changes what we see and do, without our noticing.

Your path here

What's still between you and Blind test, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  12. 12Testing against the worldDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  13. 13Confirmation biasDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  14. 14Blind testDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science

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