confounding variable

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17:56 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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4 +1sekoittava tekijä
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3 days 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sekoittava tekijä


Definition from own experience or research:
Sekoittava tekijä on muuttuja, jota tutkija ei pysty kontrolloimaan eikä poistamaan ja joka vääristää tutkimuksen tulosta.

Example sentence(s):
  • Jos eivät, ryhmien vertailu on "sekoittunut" (confounded): havaittu assosiaatio altistuksen ja vastemuuttujan välillä ei päde populaation (ko. tekijöiden mukaan tehdyille) ositteille. Esimerkki. Ikä sekoittavana tekijänä. - University of Helsinki  
  • Sekoittava tekijä on sellainen, joka vaikuttaa tutkittavan altistukseen että oireiluun (esim. sukupuoli, ikä, sosioekonominen tausta, älykkyys, koulutustaso, asuinalue, perimä jne). - Jyväskylän yliopisto  
  • Kokeellisissa tutkimuksissa koehenkilöitä tai koe-eläimiä altistetaan pienille tupakansavupitoisuuksille. Kokeellisen tutkimuksen etuna on epidemiologisiin seurantatutkimuksiin verrattuna se, että koeasetelmassa luokitteluvirheet ja sekoittavat tekijät eivät yleensä aiheuta ongelmia. - STM  
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