A matched-pairs design is an experimental design in which observations are arranged in pairs before treatment comparisons are made. The two observations may come from similar experimental units assigned different treatments, or from the same unit measured under two conditions. It is a randomized block design with blocks of size two.
Matched-Pairs Design
See also
Experimental Design, Random Assignment, Randomized Block DesignExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Montgomery, D. C. Design and Analysis of Experiments, 8th ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2013.Cite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Matched-Pairs Design." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Matched-PairsDesign.html