matched-pairs design

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(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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How to use matched-pairs design in a sentence

An F-35 was destroyed on takeoff earlier in the year when a design flaw in its Pratt & Whitney F135 engine sparked a fire.
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But the F-35 has been plagued with massive delays and cost overruns—mostly due to design defects and software issues.
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Typically, aircraft will work in pairs where the flight lead will make an initial pass to mark a target with rockets.
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In general, their presence is meant to throw you off your game by design.
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Industry experts claim an increase in awareness amongst men when it comes to styles, design, and price regarding their underwear.
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They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.
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This was a vast building of classical design, resembling a Grecian temple.
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The mind is not allowed to be directed to anything in particular in reading over the pairs.
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They were a well-matched pair; iron-nerved, both of them, the sort of men to face sudden death open-eyed and unafraid.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Then counting Noah and his wife, and his three sons and their wives, there were four pairs of human beings altogether.
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