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The fallacy of Ratio Correction to address confounding factors

Scientists aspire to measure cause and effect. Unfortunately confounding variables, ones that are associated with both the probable cause and the outcome, can lead to an association that is true but potentially misleading. For example, altered body weight is often observed in a gene knockout, howeve...

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Main Authors: Karp, Natasha A, Segonds-Pichon, Anne, Gerdin, Anna-Karin B, Ramírez-Solis, Ramiro, White, Jacqueline K
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152922/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22829707
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1258/la.2012.012003
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