matched-pairs design
noun
(modifier) statistics (of an experiment) concerned with measuring the values of the dependent variables for pairs of subjects that have been matched to eliminate individual differences and that are respectively subjected to the control and the experimental conditionCompare between-subjects design, within-subjects design
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