A matched pairs design involves

A. matching pairs of participants based on a variable and then randomly assigning one member of each pair to each group.
B. matching pairs of participants based on researcher preference and then randomly assigning half the pairs to each group.
C. an attempt to control for order effects.
D. randomly assigning participants to groups and then matching pairs of participants.


Answer: A

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