Hypernym

noun

the use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables

Pertainym (pertains to noun)

factor analytical 1

adjective

of or relating to or the product of factor analysis

factor analytic 1

adjective

of or relating to or the product of factor analysis

Domain_of_synset_-_TOPIC

statistics 1

noun

a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

factor analysis 1

noundomain: thinking

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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

Derivationally related form

factor analytical 1

adjective

of or relating to or the product of factor analysis

factor analyze 1

verb

to perform a factor analysis of correlational data

Member_of_this_domain_-_TOPIC

statistics 1

noun

a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

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