- In
causal inference, a
confounder (also
confounding variable,
confounding factor,
extraneous determinant or
lurking variable) is a
variable that influences...
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tower with its top in the sky. Yahweh,
observing their city and tower,
confounds their speech so that they can no
longer understand each other, and scatters...
- not take up
their offers of employment. In 1997, he
formed the
company Confounding Factor along with co-developer Paul Douglas, who had
worked with Gard...
- can be done
either by
adding the
confounding variable as a
control in regression, or by
matching on the
confounding variable. PSM has been
shown to increase...
- that
controls for
every confounding factor, so also must the user of
multiple regression be
careful to
control for all
confounding factors by
including them...
-
unduly given causal interpretations. The
paradox can be
resolved when
confounding variables and
causal relations are
appropriately addressed in the statistical...
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being studied, but also any
potential confounding variables, thus
avoiding omitted variable bias. "
Confounding variables" in this
context means other...
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confounding occurs when RA0 ≠ RB0. (NB:
Example ****umes
binary outcome and
exposure variables.) Some
epidemiologists prefer to
think of
confounding separately...
- from the
presence of a
confounding variable, thus
requiring a re-working of the
initial experimental hypothesis.
Confounding variables are a
threat to...
-
additional variables that are
thought to
serve as
confounders. By
pairing students whose values on the
confounding variables are similar, a
greater fraction of...
