| confounding variable |
A variable that is not controlled in a research investigation. In an experiment, the experimental groups differ on both the independent variable and the confounding variable.
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| confounding |
interference by a third variable so as to distort the association being studied between two other variables, because of a strong relationship with both of the other variables; a relationship between two causal factors such that their individual contributions cannot be separated.
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| confounding v. |
confounder.
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| confounding by indication |
1. The bias introduced into a study when a variable is a risk factor for a disease among nonexposed persons, even though the risk factor is not an intermediate step in the causal pathway between the exposure and the di
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| confounding variable |
A variable that can cause or prevent the outcome of interest, is not an intermediate variable, and is associated with the factor under investigation. A confounding variable may be due to chance or bias. Unless it is possible to adjust for confounding variables, their effects cannot be distinguished from those of factor/s being studied.
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