Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Confounders

👉 In philosophy and political science, a confounder is a factor that makes it harder to infer causality between two variables. For example, if a person's income level causes them to vote for a particular candidate in an election, but their education level does not, this could be considered a confounder since the difference in education levels is likely due to other factors besides income. Confounders are often used in statistical analysis to identify and control for variables that might affect the outcome of an experiment or study

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