English dictionary



Hint: Click 'Bookmark' to add this page to your favorites.

English noun: factor analysis

1. factor analysis (cognition) 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


Broader (hypernym)correlational analysis


Domain categorystatistics









Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
Web design: Orcapia v/Per Bang. English edition: .
2024 onlineordbog.dk