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paired comparison

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paired comparison [¦perd kəm′par·ə·sən]
(statistics)
A method used where order relations are more easily determined than measurements, such as studying taste preferences; in the comparison of a group of objects, each pair of objects is tested with either one or the other or neither preferred.


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The rats were tested for object recognition memory on the visual paired comparison task.
45) A serious problem with traditional paired comparison applications is that the prices in both observed transactions are presumed to reflect true market values, whereas in fact one or both might not.
As You Like It" is filled with paired comparisons - the court versus bucolic life, the exiled Duke and his evil brother, Orlando and his brother, Rosalind and her male persona Ganymede, the clown Touchstone and one of Shakespeare's most interesting characters, the melancholic Jacques, played with droll charm by Jackie Bruchman.
 
 
 
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