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Alcohol and the Balanced-Placebo Design: Were Experimenter Demands in Expectancy Really Tested? Comment on Knight, Barbaree, and Boland (1986)

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Abstract

Knight, Barbaree, and Boland (1986) recently conducted a study designed to assess the role of experimenter demand in the balanced-placebo design. The study's methodology is critiqued as providing an inadequate test of the research question. In addition, the interpretation of the results includes issues that are not addressed by the implementation of the design. The need for attention to conceptual clarity and methodological rigor in tests of extant research is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)503-507
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Abnormal Psychology
Volume97
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1988

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