confounding
present participle ofconfound
| 单词 | confounding |
| 释义 | confounding present participle ofconfound confound verb[T] uk/kənˈfaʊnd/us/kənˈfaʊnd/toconfuseand very muchsurprisesomeone, so that they areunabletoexplainordealwith asituation: Anelderlyman fromHullhas confoundeddoctorsbyrecoveringafter he wasofficiallydeclareddead. Thesingerconfounded hercriticswitharemarkablefollow-upalbum. Surprising and shocking
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Puzzle and confuse Examplesofconfoundingconfounding In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Random assignment would ensure that all unmeasuredconfoundingfactors were equally distributed between comparison groups. From theCambridge English Corpus However, these studies have not been of sufficient size to account adequately for the role ofconfoundingfactors. From theCambridge English Corpus Failure to considerconfoundingvariables such as age. From theCambridge English Corpus Samples from animals 5 months old were not used, to avoidconfoundingwith maternal antibodies. From theCambridge English Corpus A final potentialconfoundingfactor in the present study was overall severity of illness in manic versus depressed patients. From theCambridge English Corpus To control forconfoundinga multivariate analysis was performed by the use of logistic regression. From theCambridge English Corpus Methods for minimizing theconfoundingeffects of word length in the analysis of phonotactic probability and neighborhood density. From theCambridge English Corpus Logistic regression was then applied to obtain maximumlikelihood estimates of the effect of exposures on the outcome of interest whilst controlling forconfounding. From theCambridge English Corpus Another complication involvesconfoundingthe experimental manipulation with other influences on trial outcomes. From theCambridge English Corpus Anotherconfoundingfactor on the generalizability of trials is the drug's eventual applicability in different ethnic populations. From theCambridge English Corpus Anotherconfoundingfactor is the lack of rigour in assaying the endpoint of maturation - the production of a fertilizable egg. From theCambridge English Corpus The women in such studies are at varying stages of disease and treatment,confoundingcross-study comparisons of quality of life. From theCambridge English Corpus In order to minimize the potential of drug useconfoundingthe results, comparisons were made between patients with and without medication. From theCambridge English Corpus In order to overcome this limitation, all comparisons were carried out controlling for possibleconfoundingvariables. From theCambridge English Corpus We chose to use only the two specific items to reduce the likelihood ofconfoundingby other conditions. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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