These factors can also play roles in fiscal success in adulthood.
However, Geher said “to conclude that getting stitches causes promiscuous behavior would be unwarranted and odd.
In other words, the number of stitches is confounded with environmental instability in childhood.
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It’s not that the number of stitches is directly correlated with sexual activity.
However, in fact, both these variables are confounded with time of year, said Geher.
Universal confounding variables across research on a particular topic can also be influential.
This means that these factors could have also affected heart disease, not just alcohol.
The authors concluded that almost all studies ignored or eventually dismissed confounding variables in their conclusions.
However, with this process, different problems emerge.
[Controlling] confounding variables via experimental manipulation is not always feasible, Geher said.
However, statistical control that addresses confounding by measurement can point to confounding through inappropriate control.
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