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Confounding Variables

Author: Ryan Backman
Terms to Know
Confounding

Confounding occurs when the effects, if any, of the treatments are indistinguishable from the potential effects of some other variable which was unaccounted for.

Confounding Variable

A variable which was not accounted for in a study, which limits the conclusions that the study can draw.