factor analysis


noun Statistics.

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.

Origin of factor analysis

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby factor analysis

British Dictionary definitions for factor analysis

factor analysis

noun

statistics any of several techniques for deriving from a number of given variables a smaller number of different, more useful, variables