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Confounding

Confounding

1. A situation in which the effects of two or more processes are not separated; the distortion of the apparent effect of an exposure on risk, brought about by the association with other factors that can influence the outcome.

2. A relationship between the effects of two or more causal factors observed in a set of data, such that it is not logically possible to separate the contribution of any single causal factor to the observed effects.


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Evolution

... not see that humans are higher organisms than, say, pond scum? Do you see pond scum solving complex math problems or some of life's most confounding myteries?...can they build tall buildings or fly to the moon or land a spaceship on mars? Can they love others, get married, build a house, ...

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by supersport
Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:31 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution
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Does my heart rate increase when I see and eat foods I like?

Isolate your variables...you might have too many confounding factors

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by mith
Sun May 27, 2007 7:09 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Does my heart rate increase when I see and eat foods I like?
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effect of temperature on the survival of yeast cells

... of of yeast, as it picks up the hydrogen ions produced during the process. the yeast cannot then use the ions to make energy. this could have a confounding effect on your results :) Thank you for that, i'll go add that now! :)

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by Ulbrid
Fri May 04, 2007 8:31 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: effect of temperature on the survival of yeast cells
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effect of temperature on the survival of yeast cells

... of of yeast, as it picks up the hydrogen ions produced during the process. the yeast cannot then use the ions to make energy. this could have a confounding effect on your results :)

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by <Singing Mice>
Fri May 04, 2007 4:47 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: effect of temperature on the survival of yeast cells
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Dextrose

Remember, running requires endurance, speed, coordination etc etc, you really don't want to have all those confounding factors mixed in. However, companies such as gatorade have a couple of examples of other tests(your wallet is probably a lot lighter than theirs though) http://www.gatorade.com/science_and_innovation/sweat_test/

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by mith
Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:20 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dextrose
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