"Unmeasured factors" refers to variables or elements that are not taken into account or considered in a particular situation or study. These factors can impact the outcome or result, but they are not directly measured or included in the analysis.
Sentences with «unmeasured factors»
Of course, there are many other unmeasured factors influencing student achievement — such as student motivation or parental engagement. (educationnext.org)
While the study provides risk estimates of associations of lifestyle factors with the incidence of visual impairment, the researchers caution that a limitation to their study — which is present in all epidemiologic research — is that the findings may be due, in part, to unmeasured factors related to both lifestyle behaviors and development of visual impairment. (sciencedaily.com)
The authors point out that while they matched the two groups on a wide array of variables, in order to tease out the effects of RLS, there could have been unmeasured factors influencing the results. (sciencedaily.com)