Psychology GCSE
Matched pairs
What Matched pairs means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Matched pairs
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A design that pairs participants based on key variables and assigns one from each pair to each condition, reducing participant variables and avoiding order effects, but it is time-consuming and exact matching is impossible.
Topics that use Matched pairs
- Designing psychological research (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Alternative hypothesis
- Co-variables
- Counterbalancing
- Covert observation
- Dependent variable
- Dependent variable (DV)
- Ecological validity
- Extraneous variables
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