Cool to see people doing self-blinded & randomized QS experiments :-)
Two tips (which you might have considered already): (1) You can buy empty pill capsules and fill them with whatever you want. That makes it a lot easier to blind for taste, and far less annoying to consume with eyes closed. (2) I’ve found it useful to use a wearable tracker for data collection, especially for sleep, since I can’t be arsed to write all that down. ~All trackers allow for data export (thanks GDPR!), I use a cheap fitbit.
(1) Wow I never though of that. That would have saved us a lot of pain!
(2) I’m a bit nervous about recording my biometric data if it’s not entirely offline, but I think the people I’m doing this with are likely to try this.
Cool to see people doing self-blinded & randomized QS experiments :-)
Two tips (which you might have considered already): (1) You can buy empty pill capsules and fill them with whatever you want. That makes it a lot easier to blind for taste, and far less annoying to consume with eyes closed. (2) I’ve found it useful to use a wearable tracker for data collection, especially for sleep, since I can’t be arsed to write all that down. ~All trackers allow for data export (thanks GDPR!), I use a cheap fitbit.
(1) Wow I never though of that. That would have saved us a lot of pain! (2) I’m a bit nervous about recording my biometric data if it’s not entirely offline, but I think the people I’m doing this with are likely to try this.
Thanks for the tips!