matched pair
Statistics
noun
A pair of experimental subjects, one assigned to an experimental group and the other to a control group, selected to resemble each other in all properties except the one under investigation; frequently attributive (also in plural).
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Journal of Educational Sociology.
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