Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (12.07.2022) Shift-I
When a variable leads to a spurious interpretation of research results, it is called a
AControl variable
BExternal variable
CConflicting variable
DConfounding variable ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Confounding variable — The answer is a confounding variable.
Explanation
★The answer is a confounding variable.
★A confounding variable affects other variables in a study.
★This produces spurious or distorted associations between them.
★So a variable that leads to a spurious interpretation is a confounding variable.
★It hides the true relationship being studied.
★The other variable types do not create this distortion.
★So the answer is a confounding variable.
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