Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A method of investigation in which neither the subject nor the investigator knows what treatment the subject is receiving. A method of studying a drug, or other medical procedure in which both subjects and investigators are kept unaware of (blind to) who is actually getting which specific treatment. The method is one of the few…

A method for reducing the biasing effects of the expectations of subject and experimenter. Neither is allowed to know whether the independent variable of the experiment is being applied to the particular subject.  

A procedure for comparing the effectiveness of a drug with that of a placebo. Neither the subjects nor the experimenter know which of the agents the subjects are given, the actual drug or the placebo, double blind technique.  

In research, two questions rolled into one, making it impossible to determine to which question the respondent is responding.  

In psychology, conflict instigated by the necessity of making a choice between two objects neither of which is wholly desirable or undesirable.  

A graph showing the relationship between the size of a drug dose and the size of the response, dose-response relationship. A graph charting the effect of a specific dose of drug, chemical, or ionizing radiation. In radiology, also called survival curve.  

A quantity or amount of a drug taken at a particular time, dosage. A measured quantity of a drug or radiation which is to be given to someone at one time. A short period of experiencing a minor illness (informal). An infection with a sexually transmitted disease (informal). The amount of medication that is administered…

Having distinct lower and upper surfaces.  

Round upper back, kyphosis.  

The artery whose pulse is palpable on the dorsal surface of the foot. The supplies the medial foot and great toe.