STA220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Confounding, Dependent And Independent Variables, Common Cause

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Mechanisms that can result in an observed association between an explanatory variable and an outcome in an observational study: Changes in explanatory variable cause the outcome to change. Reverse causation: changes in the outcome cause the explanatory variable to change. There is common cause that causes both the explanatory variable and the outcome to change. A confounding variable is associated with the explanatory variable and causes the outcome to change. It is impossible to know whether to attribute changes in the outcome to changes in the explanatory variable or the confounding variable. Lurking variables are variables that are not considered in the analysis, but may affect the nature of the relationship between the explanatory variable and the outcome. A lurking variable can be a confounding variable, or the source of a common response, or another variable that, when considered changes the nature of the association. Blocks are to experiments, as strata are to sampling.

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