Deconfounding confounding part 3: controlling for confounding in statistical analyses

Alice M. Richardson; Grace Joshy

doi:10.5694/mja2.50737

Deconfounding confounding part 3: controlling for confounding in statistical analyses

Alice M. Richardson^*, Grace Joshy

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The traditional concept of confounding was previously introduced in this Key Research Skills series — a confounder is a variable that is associated with both the exposure and outcome of interest without being an intermediate on the causal pathway between them

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	209-212.e1
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	213
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50737
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2020

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