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In testing the effectiveness of a new vaccine, suppose that researchers used males for the treatment group and females for the placebo group. What is confounding, and how would it affect such an experiment? What is confounding? “. Confounding is the process of eliminating all differences between the groups in a study so that the only difference that remains is the factor of interest to the researcher. ¥ 5. Confounding is the mixing of effects from different factors so that the effects from the specific factors being studied cannot be determined. .. Confounding is when the researchers and subjects in a study do not know who is in the treatment group and who is in the control group. Confounding is the process of making a sample more representative of the population. How would it affect such an experiment? .. The researchers would be confounded as to whether the males or the females are receiving the treatment. ', If males are given the treatment and females are given placebos, a researcher would not know whether effects are due to the treatment or the sex of the participant. If males are given the treatment and females are given placebos, a researcher would be certain that any differences between the two groups are attributable to the treatment. . Confounding would make the results of the experiment more representative of the population.

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