confounding variable

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17:57 May 21, 2010
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Science - Mathematics & Statistics
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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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5pareshaan kun Matnoo' shay پریشان کُن متنوع شے
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pareshaan kun Matnoo' shay پریشان کُن متنوع شے


Definition from Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
confounding- pareshan kun, hairaan kun darhum-o-burham karne vaala

variable-mutaghayyura, taghayyur pazeer, matnoo,

Example sentence(s):
  • mareez ka jawaab na dena, Muaalij ke liye pareshaan kun matnoo tha, jo us ki jismani aur dimaaghi kayfiyat ko samajhna chah raha tha. - I created this sentence  
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