Bang's Blinding Index¶
Bang, H., Ni, L., & Davis, C. E. (2004). Bang's Blinding Index.
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Mechanisms¶
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- Its central failure mode is over-reading a correct-guess rate as a broken blind when the treatment effect is genuinely strong — the index rises because the drug works, not because the mask failed.
This sourceIts authors stress that a high index in the presence of a large treatment effect reflects the effect, not a failed mask — the reason this page insists on pairing the guess with an attributed cue.
- Its central failure mode is over-reading a correct-guess rate as a broken blind when the treatment effect is genuinely strong — the index rises because the drug works, not because the mask failed.
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