Confounding Error

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006151",
  "term": "Confounding Error",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Error induced by unrecognized effects from variables that are not included in the model. The unrecognized, uncharacterized nature of these errors makes them more difficult to describe and account for in statistical analysis of uncertainty.\n\n2. An error induced by unrecognized effects from variables that are not included in the model. The unrecognized, uncharacterized nature of these errors makes them more difficult to describe and account for in statistical analysis of uncertainty (Small and Fishbeck 1999).",
  "references": [
    "Modeling Glossary",
    "EPA Guidance on the Development, Evaluation and Application of Environmental Models EPA/100/K-09/003 | March 2009 at http://www.epa.gov/crem/library/cred_guidance_0309.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/confounding-error/"
}