How to establish blind experiments - AP Statistics

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Alpha Corporation developed a new pill to treat elevated glucose levels. They want to test the efficiency of the pill to lower glucose levels by gathering a sample of people with high glucose and giving them either:

  1. A daily dose of their new pill ("Experimental Group")

  2. A daily placebo pill that looks the same but does not do anything ("Placebo Group")

How can they make this a "Blind Study"?

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A blind experiment is one in which the participant does not know which experimental group they are in-- which is accomplished by not letting them know if they are in the Experimental or Placebo group.

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