# confounding

> variable that influences both the dependent variable and independent variable causing a spurious association

**Wikidata**: [Q1125472](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1125472)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confounding)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/confounding


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)