confounding

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The film, written by Soderbergh’s frequent collaborator Ed Solomon, quietly asks the questions confounding creatives in the tech-obsessed age.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

The study is cross-sectional, which means it cannot determine cause and effect and may be influenced by confounding factors or reverse causation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

The evidence on the shingles vaccine and dementia comes from the equivalent of a gold-standard natural experiment where the influence of such confounding variables has been minimized, he says.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 7, 2026

Such confounding and mediating factors undermine the plaintiffs’ claims of causation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

But, as with many crimes against American Indians, the question of which government entity had jurisdiction over the Osage murders was confounding.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann