Confounding Factor

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A Confounding Factor is a Factor that is not present in the Training Data of a Predictive Modeling Algorithm.

  • AKA: Extranaeous Cofactor
  • Context:
  • Example(s):
    • A typical example is the suggestion that there is a confounding factor in smoking/cancer studies that cannot be controlled for, because it is unknown.
  • See: Simpson's Paradox, Causal Factor, Factor Analysis.