Video: What are confounding variables?

This video is a snippet from a webinar Editage conducted on the topic “Understanding types of research data” on March 15, 2023. The lead trainer Dr. Monika Sobocan is a medical researcher and educator dividing her time between the University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia and the Queen Mary University of London, UK. She is a medical doctor with over 5 years of experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative research. She has been recognized for her scientific work by a prestigious national fellowship for women in science.

In this webinar snippet, Monika explains what a confounding variable is, how and where to communicate that a confounding variable was factored in, and how you adjusted for that.