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In causal inference, a confounder (also confounding variable, confounding factor, extraneous determinant or lurking variable) is a variable that influences...

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 on...

the presence of a certain third, unseen factor (referred to as a "common response variable", "confounding factor", or "lurking variable"). An example of...

The Antonine Itinerary (Latin: Itinerarium Antonini Augusti, "Itinerary of the Emperor Antoninus") is an itinerarium, a register of the stations and distances...

A nonstress test (NST) is a screening test used in pregnancy to assess fetal status by means of the fetal heart rate and its responsiveness. A cardiotocograph...

" Measuring the extent of the placebo effect is difficult due to confounding factors. For example, a patient may feel better after taking a placebo due...

In databases, change data capture (CDC) is a set of software design patterns used to determine and track the data that has changed (the "deltas") so that...

determinants may act as confounding factors, and need to be controlled for, e.g. by stratification. The potentially confounding determinants varies with...

paramedic, who gave good CPR and cardiac drugs, this is an important confounding factor to be considered in certain select cases. Out-of-hospital survival...

had been methodologically flawed (e.g. with small sample sizes and confounding factors). Scientists have come to understand that the findings of the early...

dilutant, and non-treatment. Controls are most often necessary where a confounding factor cannot easily be separated from the primary treatments. For example...

raising the possibility that the drop in reported cases is due to a confounding factor such as childhood immunizations against Haemophilus and Streptococcus...

Along with the advantages of dendroclimatology are some limitations: confounding factors, geographic coverage, annular resolution, and collection difficulties...

stronger evidence of a genuine protective effect. There was a possible confounding factor in that individuals with higher education have both a lower risk of...

Galleon is a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Confounding Factor and published by SCi Games and Atlus USA for the Xbox. Designed by Toby Gard as...

enough participants, an RCT may achieve sufficient control over these confounding factors to deliver a useful comparison of the treatments studied. An RCT...

Productions (defunct) CDS Software (defunct) Codo Technologies (defunct) Confounding Factor (defunct) CRL Group (defunct) Crytek UK (formerly Free Radical Design)...

both hypolactasic. While a variety of genetic, as well as nutritional, factors determine lactase expression, no evidence has been found for adaptive alteration...

effects. Design of experiments, using blocking to reduce the influence of confounding variables, and randomized assignment of treatments to subjects to allow...

Jivaroan languages as distinct, but have called attention to two confounding factors. The first has to do with nomenclature: Jivaroan language speakers...