# Design a double-blind study

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**Category:** Pheromone Theory & Molecules\
**Created:** [January 9, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/design-a-double-blind-study/1484 "2007-01-09T18:13:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/design-a-double-blind-study/1484/4 "2007-01-10T03:03:44Z")

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I do think we have the ability to design a workable study program that is scientifically defensible.

I suspect that one study would be insufficient, and if it was sufficient, would be so large as to be infeasible.

But perhaps we could come up with a **design** for a series of studies. I’m impressed with the [t shirt study](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/how-women-rate-the-sexiness-pleasantness-of-a-mans-body-odor-on-genetic-similarity/108), for example, as a modestly scoped but productive experiment. And reasonable to duplicate the experiment to validate results.

The goal would be to design (and refine and polish) a very grounded, parsimonious, and economic study with high objectivity and scientific validity.

Of course, it might take us a while, heh!

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