Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Πειραματικός Σχεδιασμός με Ομάδα Ελέγχου και Μονή Τύφλωση	Πειραματικός Σχεδιασμός με Παραγοντική Ομάδα Ελέγχου
Πεδίο	Πειραματικός Σχεδιασμός	Πειραματικός Σχεδιασμός
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	Mid-20th century (blinding standards consolidated ~1950s–1970s)	1926–1935
Δημιουργός	Classical experimental tradition; blinding formalized in 20th-century clinical trial methodology	Ronald A. Fisher
Τύπος	Controlled experimental design	Experimental design
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Shadish, W. R., Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (2002). Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN: 978-0395615560	Fisher, R. A. (1935). The Design of Experiments. Oliver and Boyd.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	single-masked controlled experiment, single-blind controlled trial, SB-CGD, single-blind parallel-group design	factorial controlled experiment, factorial design with control, factorial RCT with control arm, multi-factor controlled experiment
Συναφείς	6	6
Σύνοψη	A single-blind control group experimental design is a controlled experiment in which participants are kept unaware of whether they are receiving the active treatment or a control condition, while researchers and outcome assessors remain unmasked. The design uses a designated control group as the baseline for comparison, allowing causal inference about the treatment effect while limiting participant-driven response biases such as the placebo effect and demand characteristics.	A factorial control group experimental design crosses two or more independent variables (factors) in a fully factorial structure while including at least one condition that serves as a no-treatment or standard-treatment control. This allows researchers to simultaneously estimate the main effect of each factor, their interactions, and the size of those effects relative to a meaningful baseline, maximising both causal precision and experimental efficiency.