Teira, David (2013) Blinding and the Non-interference Assumption in Medical and Social Trials. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 43 (3). pp. 358-372. ISSN 0048-3931
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Abstract
This paper discusses the so-called non-interference assumption (NIA) grounding causal inference in trials in both medicine and the social sciences. It states that for each participant in the experiment, the value of the potential outcome depends only upon whether she or he gets the treatment. Drawing on methodological discussion in clinical trials and laboratory experiments in economics, I defend the necessity of partial forms of blinding as a warrant of the NIA, to control the participants’ expectations and their strategic interactions with the experimenter.
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| Keywords: | clinical trials field trials non-interference assumption causality expectations blinding | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Medicine > Clinical Trials Specific Sciences > Economics General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Prof. David Teira | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2020 12:25 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2020 12:25 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 18150 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy of the Social Sciences | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://doi.org/10.1177/0048393113488871 | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1177/0048393113488871 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Medicine > Clinical Trials Specific Sciences > Economics General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | 2013 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 358-372 | ||||||
| Volume: | 43 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0048-3931 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18150 |
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