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Confounding

In causal inference, confounding is a form of systematic error (or bias) that can distort estimates of causal effects in observational studies. A confounder is traditionally understood to be a variable that (1) independently predicts the outcome (or dependent variable), (2) is associated with the exposure (or independent variable), and (3) is not on the…

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the Back-Door conditioninstance ofThese were later supplemented by graphical criteria0.80text
a food additiveinstance ofit is important to control for confounding to isolate the effect of a particular hazard0.80text
pesticideinstance ofit is important to control for confounding to isolate the effect of a particular hazard0.80text
or new druginstance ofit is important to control for confounding to isolate the effect of a particular hazard0.80text
the use of a random number generatorinstance ofusing a randomization process0.80text
regression analysisinstance ofthat account for stratification of data sets.Controlling for confounding by measuring the known confounders and including them as covariates is multivariable analysis0.80text
Confoundingrelated to CriticismConcerns0.60section
Confoundingrelated to Decreasing the potential for confoundingIf0.60section
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