factor analysis

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1. 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 (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	correlational analysis,
definition	:	the use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	statistics,
definition	:	a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	factor analyse, factor analyze,
definition	:	to perform a factor analysis of correlational data (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	factor analytic, factor analytical,
definition	:	of or relating to or the product of factor analysis (adj.pert)

derivation	:	factor analyse, factor analyze,
definition	:	to perform a factor analysis of correlational data (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	factor analytic, factor analytical,
definition	:	of or relating to or the product of factor analysis (adj.pert)

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