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factor analysis

noun

, Statistics.
  1. the use of one of several methods for reducing a set of variables to a lesser number of new variables, each of which is a function of one or more of the original variables.


factor analysis

noun

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of factor analysis1

First recorded in 1930–35

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