Table 1

Assessment of masking to vignette or commissioning brief allocation

SubsetCorrect guess of allocationIncorrect guess of allocationSignificance*
All responses222 (62.4%)134 (37.6%)p<0.00001
Received vignette104 (57.4%)77 (42.6%)p=0.053
Received commissioning brief118 (67.4%)57 (32.6%)p<0.00001
  • *Binomial test, assuming that, if masking were perfect, the correct guess rate would be 0.5, see Statistical methods section.