Block Design Experiment Vs Matched Pairs. 3 You could take blocking to the extreme with a matched-pairs design which is just blocking with all blocks having exactly 2 subjects. Describe how you would carry out the random assignment required by your design.
This type of design is also known as within groups. The random assignments into treatment groups is carried out separately within each block think stratified random sample Matched Pairs Design. Then within each pair subjects are randomly assigned to different treatments.
Also known as between groups.
In a matched pairs experiment a block is a pair so the randomization must be carried out within each pair. Because the subjects in each block are much more similar to each other than a given random subject your sample means will be much more precise than in experiment 1. This type of design is also known as within groups. B Outline a randomized bloc design using 300 volunteers 180 men and 120 women as subjects.
