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May 21, 2010 17:56
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English term

confounding variable

GBK English to Slovak Science Mathematics & Statistics
Definition from experiment-resources.com:
Confounding variables are variables that the researcher failed to control, or eliminate, damaging the internal validity of an experiment.
Example sentences:
Depression as a confounding variable in the estimation of habitual sleep time. (PubMed.gov)
Also in most developing economies, corruption would interact as a confounding variable and distort interpretations. (institute of economic affairs)
To what extent does America’s economy drive the economy of the overall O.E.C.D.-area, and/or to what extent does the overall O.E.C.D.-area economy drive America’s economy? Or is there a third (or fourth, or fifth…) confounding variable that affects both? (The New York Times)
Proposed translations (Slovak)
5 +1 vmedzerená premenná
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Proposed translations

+1
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vmedzerená premenná

taktiež nežiaduca, vložená premenná
Definition from own experience or research:
činiteľ, ktorý nemôžeme vylúčiť, ktoré do experimentu vchádzajú a môžu popri nezávislých premenných spolupôsobiť na výsledok manipulácie), preto by ich mal experimentátor brať do úvahy a kontrolovať
Example sentences:
Pri výskume jazykových schopností a starnutia je nevyhnutné okrem veku zohľadňovať aj vplyv vmedzerených premenných ako vzdelanie, či výchova. (Imrich Ruisel)
Peer comment(s):

agree hacon : I do not feel competent to decide
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