factor analysis

Definition of Factor Analysis in English :

Noun

1. factor analysis

any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors; beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variables that account for the interrelations observed in the data

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Factor Analysis

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noun

statistics

any of several techniques for deriving from a number of given variables a smaller number of different, more useful, variables

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