"confoundation" meaning in English

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          "text": "Moreover, since responses to these items were found to be entirely unrelated to the respondents’ indices of social position, it is reasonable to conclude that they are not loaded by cultural sanctions. Thus, while no further information is available concerning other possible sources of confoundation, it is legitimate to assume on logical grounds that these items assess some aspect of self-assurance.",
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