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Definition of Confounding variable
1. Noun. (statistics) An extraneous variable in a statistical model that correlates (positively or negatively) with both the dependent variable and the independent variable. ¹
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1. Noun. (statistics) An extraneous variable in a statistical model that correlates (positively or negatively) with both the dependent variable and the independent variable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com