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Confounding factor - Definition and Overview

In statistics, a confounding factor is a factor which is the common cause of two things that may falsely appear to be in a causal relationship. It is the cause of a spurious relationship.

For example, ice cream consumption and murder rates are highly correlated. Now, does ice cream incite murder or does murder increase the demand for ice cream? Neither: they are joint effects of a common cause or confounding factor, namely, hot weather.

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Example Usage of Confounding
audiom: Is there a reason that the scammers target the Home Audio forum?: Or is there some Confounding variable .. http://bit.ly/2WQiD ca.com
MsInformation: @ZenMonkey Not a question of evolution. It's Confounding at best. Many share your perspective.
ladygrl: i've had a small obsession w/cloned pets for yrs. are their personalities the same? HOW? they didnt live the same life. so Confounding.
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