PhilNYC;177973 Wrote: 
> The tweak is almost silent, and with the music playing at 85-86db, I am
> 99% sure no one heard the actual tweak being implemented.

If you're looking to prove something, you need to prove it.  Every
assumption you make has to be independently tested, or you need to
modify your original test to not include those assumptions.

i.e. your initial test might very well be a fine single-blind test. 
But you'd need to perform a completely separate test simply to prove
that subjects could not perceive that other subjects have raised their
hands (because that has not been established).  And another to show
they couldn't hear you making the tweak.  And yet another to show that
they could not perceive you reacting to other subjects raising their
hands (turning your head, turning to one side).  And multiple tests and
placebo tests to weed out dumb luck.

And procedural error in any of these sub-tests would invalidate the
main test, because your main test relies on them.  Which is why it's
easier, in the long run, not to use such assumptions at all.


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