a: Confounding variable ~
b: a hidden variable
What:
"You expect input A to produce response B. But in reality, input A and also hidden input C produce response B. You mistakenly attribute the response B to A when in reality, some portion of the response is due to the hidden input or confounding variable C."
Useful?
Writer: JakeV8
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Feb 1 2015 9:38 AM
# 7196 Critique Analogy