factor analysis

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noun

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 forms:
factor analytical, factor analyze
• Topics:
statistics
• Hypernyms:
correlational analysis