Why Blinding? How Blinding? A Theory of Blinding and Its Application to Institutional Corruption
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2016
Editor(s)
Christopher T. Robertson & Aaron S. Kesselheim
ISBN
9780128026335
Publisher
Elsevier, Academic Press
Language
en-US
Abstract
This chapter presents a theory of why blinding is a useful solution to bias, and how it works as a solution to bias. I draw from the familiar uses of blinding in biomedical science and in court procedures to show how blinding typically involves the disaggregation of functions within a system, so that some individuals have some information and other individuals have other information, while collectively achieving system goals without certain kinds of bias. Blinding is usefully distinguished from other solutions, including proscription, professionalism, and the provision of disclosures.
Recommended Citation
Christopher Robertson,
Why Blinding? How Blinding? A Theory of Blinding and Its Application to Institutional Corruption
,
in
Blinding as a Solution to Bias: Strengthening Biomedical Science, Forensic Science, and Law
25
(Christopher T. Robertson & Aaron S. Kesselheim ed.,
2016).
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802460-7.00002-4
