confounding variable

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17:55 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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5משתנה מתערב
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משתנה מתערב


Definition from http://he.wikipedia.org/:
בסטטיסטיקה, משתנה מתערב (מכונה גם גורם מתערב או גורם מבלבל; באנגלית: Confound,‏ Confounder או Confounding variable) הוא משתנה חיצוני המשפיע הן על המשתנה התלוי והן על המשתנה הבלתי תלוי באופן דומה, ולפיכך עלול להוביל למסקנה מוטעית על הקשר הסיבתי ביניהם. השפעה כזו יכולה להיות חלקית או מלאה.

Example sentence(s):
  • אנו מניחים כי תלמידים רבים לא מודעים להבדל בין שני סוגי המחקרים והדגימה שפירטנו לעיל. מאידך, הם עשויים לא לגלות כלל רגישות לקיומם של משתנים מתערבים העשויים להטות את התוצאה. - Israel Ministry of Education  
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