confounder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who confounds.
  2. A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

confounder confounders

Etymology

From confound + -er.

Related words

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