Confounding

Pronunciation: /kənˈfaʊndɪŋ/

Confounding (adj)

  1. Causing confusion by mixing things up so it is hard to understand what is really happening.
  2. In research, describing a factor that changes results and makes the main cause look different.

Confounding (adjective)

Examples

  • The missing data is confounding the results.
  • Her explanation was confounding, so I asked again.