double-blind marking/refereeing

[Robert Orr]

Dorogie Seelanzane

Your thoughts on double-blind marking/refereeing would be much appreciated:

If a set of test papers  is given for marking to a committee which includes a candidate for the said test, who knows all the other candidates personally, and has had special access to the test denied to other candidates, can such a marking process be called "double blind" in any meaningful sense? 

I know this sounds incredible.

Thanks in advance, 

Robert  Orr 

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