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	Double-blind AB design	AB-asetelma
Tieteenala	Koesuunnittelu	Koesuunnittelu
Menetelmäperhe	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Syntyvuosi	1960s (AB design); double-blinding integration in single-case clinical research from the 1980s–1990s	1960s
Kehittäjä	Derived from the AB single-subject design tradition (Sidman 1960; Baer, Wolf, & Risley 1968) combined with double-blinding conventions from clinical trial methodology	Murray Sidman; Baer, Wolf & Risley
Tyyppi	Single-subject experimental design with double-blinding	Single-subject experimental design
Alkuperäislähde	Kazdin, A. E. (1982). Single-Case Research Designs: Methods for Clinical and Applied Settings. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0195030440	Sidman, M. (1960). Tactics of Scientific Research: Evaluating Experimental Data in Psychology. Basic Books.
Rinnakkaisnimet	blinded AB design, double-blind single-case AB, masked AB design, double-blind baseline-intervention design	baseline-intervention design, AB single-case design, AB phase design
Liittyvät	5	4
Tiivistelmä	The double-blind AB design is a single-subject experimental approach that sequences a baseline phase (A) and an intervention phase (B) while concealing phase allocation from both the participant and the outcome assessor. It merges the idiographic focus of single-case methodology with the bias-control mechanism of double-blinding, making it especially useful in clinical rehabilitation, pain research, and behavioral medicine when objective measurement of an individual's response to treatment is the primary goal.	The AB design is the simplest single-subject experimental design, consisting of two sequential phases: a baseline phase (A) in which the target behavior is observed under natural conditions without intervention, followed by an intervention phase (B) in which the treatment or manipulation is introduced. Changes in the behavior's level, trend, or variability between phases are used to infer the effect of the intervention on the individual participant.