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For such settings, the traditional approach is to define a dichotomous outcome indicating aberration from a continuous score and use the Mantel\u2013Haenszel test with matched data. For example, studies of determinants of poor child growth use the World Health Organization\u2019s definition of child stunting being height-for-age z-score \u2264 \u2212 2. The traditional approach may lose power because it discards potentially useful information about the severity of aberration. We develop an adaptive approach that makes use of this information and asymptotically dominates the traditional approach. We develop our approach in two parts. First, we develop an aberrant rank approach in matched observational studies and prove a novel design sensitivity formula enabling its asymptotic comparison with the Mantel\u2013Haenszel test under various settings. 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