English Dictionary

confounding

名詞

The act by which things are confounded, or confused. / (epidemiology) The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.

日本語の意味

物事を混同させる、または混乱させる行為。 / （疫学）曝露と結果との間に見かけ上存在する関連が、実際には別の因子によって説明されるプロセス。

The confounding of the survey results by unexpected variables forced researchers to redesign the study.

予期しない変数による調査結果の混乱により、研究者たちは研究の設計をやり直さざるを得なかった。

意味（1）

The act by which things are confounded, or confused.

意味（2）

(epidemiology) The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.

Confounding is defined as the confusion or distortion of measures of association between exposure and outcome as a result of third (or more) variable(s).

confoundings （ plural ）