Confounding factor is associated with:-
High-Yield Explanation
Confounding factor Any factor associated with both exposure, outcome and has an independent effect in causation of outcome is a confounder. BEST METHOD TO REMOVE CONFOUNDING:- MATCHING - Removes confounding bias by distributing known confounding factors equally in two groups RANDOMISATION(2ND BEST) RESTRICTION STRATIFICATION STATISTICAL MODELLING/ MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS STRATIFIED RANDOMISATION (BEST METHOD)