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confounding variable

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17:57 May 21, 2010
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Science - Mathematics & Statistics
Additional field(s): Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: confounding variable
Definition from experiment-resources.com:
Confounding variables are variables that the researcher failed to control, or eliminate, damaging the internal validity of an experiment.

Example sentence(s):
  • Depression as a confounding variable in the estimation of habitual sleep time. PubMed.gov
  • Also in most developing economies, corruption would interact as a confounding variable and distort interpretations. institute of economic affairs
  • To what extent does America’s economy drive the economy of the overall O.E.C.D.-area, and/or to what extent does the overall O.E.C.D.-area economy drive America’s economy? Or is there a third (or fourth, or fifth…) confounding variable that affects both? The New York Times
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Summary of translations provided
5variable o factor de confusió
JUAN ROSES (X)
4variable destorb
Milena Bosco (X)


  

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variable destorb


Definition from Viquipèdia:
"Dins la teoria de processos estocàstics de la teoria de probabilitat i estadística, una variable destorb és una variable aleatòria, que és fonamental per al model probabilístic, però que no és d'interès particular en sí mateixa o que ja no és d'interès: ...."

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  • "Edat: variable destorb a ser eliminat amb el control estadístic o una preocupació important?" Robbert Sanderman, Jim C. Coyne, Adelita V. Ranchor ( 2006), - Book Title 
Milena Bosco (X)
Italy
Local time: 00:28
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in CatalanCatalan
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variable o factor de confusió


Definition from Wikilingue:
Una variable o factor de confusió és una variable que distorsiona la mesura de l'associació entre altres dues variables. El resultat de la presència d'una variable de confusió pot ser l'observació d'un efecte on en realitat no existeix o l'exageració d'una associació real (confusió positiva) o, per contra, l'atenuació d'una associació real i fins i tot una inversió del sentit d'una associació real (confusió negativa).

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JUAN ROSES (X)
Local time: 00:28
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
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