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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > ideologies > libertarianism > libertarianism and policy > natural environment > environmental deterioration > contamination
... > social science subjects > geography > geographic features > natural environment > environmental deterioration > contamination
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > campaigns, elections, and the law > natural environment > environmental deterioration > contamination

Preferred term

contamination  

Definition

  • Refers to research situations in which data or variables that should be kept separate come into contact, often when the ∗independent and ∗dependent variables measure the same or similar things. See ∗confounded. [Source: Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology; Contamination]

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