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Blind analysis: Hide results to seek the truth

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  • Robert MacCoun

    (Robert MacCoun is a psychologist and a professor of law at Stanford University in California, USA.)

  • Saul Perlmutter

    (Saul Perlmutter is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.)

Abstract

More fields should, like particle physics, adopt blind analysis to thwart bias, urge Robert MacCoun and Saul Perlmutter.

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  • Robert MacCoun & Saul Perlmutter, 2015. "Blind analysis: Hide results to seek the truth," Nature, Nature, vol. 526(7572), pages 187-189, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:526:y:2015:i:7572:d:10.1038_526187a
    DOI: 10.1038/526187a
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