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The Third-Variable Problem
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The third-variable problem arises when an unmeasured variable produces the relationship observed between two measured variables.
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Summer heat drives both ice cream sales and swimming, and swimming drives the drownings.
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Finding one third variable does not clear the field. There is no procedure that proves no others remain.