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Meaning of confounding variable

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

confounding

verb

Definitions

  1. To perplex or puzzle.

    Synonyms:puzzle

  2. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.

    Synonyms:confusemix up

  3. To make something worse.

    Example: Don't confound the situation by yelling.

  4. To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act by which things are confounded, or confused.

  2. The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/confoundhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/confounding

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