Editing Blinded experiment (section)

===In music===
{{main|Blind audition}}
Auditions for symphony orchestras take place behind a curtain so that the judges cannot see the performer. Blinding the judges to the gender of the performers has been shown to increase the hiring of women.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Claire Cain | name-list-style = vanc |title=Is Blind Hiring the Best Hiring? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/is-blind-hiring-the-best-hiring.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=26 April 2019 |date=25 February 2016}}</ref> Blind tests can also be used to compare the quality of musical instruments.<ref>[https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/violinists-cant-tell-the-difference-between-stradivarius-violins-and-new-ones "Violinists can't tell the difference between Stradivarius violins and new ones"] by [[Ed Yong]], ''[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]]'', 2 January 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1114999109 | volume=109 | title=Player preferences among new and old violins | year=2012 | journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | pages=760–63 | last1 = Fritz | first1 = C.| issue=3 | pmc=3271912 | pmid=22215592| bibcode=2012PNAS..109..760F | doi-access=free }}</ref>