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Occurs when the effects of the treatments, if any, 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.
Explanatory Variable
A variable that we believe is predictive of something else. An increase in this variable will correspond to an increase or decrease in some other variable.
Response Variable
A variable that is affected by the explanatory variable.
Variable
Any attribute or number that can be measured about individuals in a study.
Variable of Interest
Any variable which we need to know about in the context of a study.
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