1 Maximum $140 - Macon and Warner Robins Campuses Only. 2  $140 - Macon Campus Only (Only for students taking at least 1 or more Macon on-campus hours.)  $40 - Warner Robins Campus Only (Only for students taking at least 1 or more Warner Robins on-campus hours.)
single-blind study. single-blind study. Etymology: L, singulus, one by one; AS, blind + L, studere, to be busy. an experiment in which the person collecting data knows whether the subject is in the control group or the experimental group, but subjects do not. See also double-blind study.
The double blind method is an important part of the scientific method, used to prevent research outcomes from being 'influenced' by the placebo effect or observer bias. Blinded research is an important tool in many fields of research, from medicine, to psychology and the social sciences, to forensics. Blinding is a basic tool to prevent conscious and unconscious bias in research.