(More fully "matched control group") a control group of individuals selected to resemble an experimental group in all properties except the one under investigation.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Journal of Educational Sociology.
Definition of matched control in US English:
matched control
noun
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(More fully "matched control group") a control group of individuals selected to resemble an experimental group in all properties except the one under investigation.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Journal of Educational Sociology.