Concept information
Término preferido
factor analysis
Tipo
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Topic
Definición
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A set of statistical methods for analyzing the correlations among several variables in order to estimate the number of fundamental dimensions that underlie the observed data and to describe and measure those dimensions. It is used frequently in the development of scoring systems for rating scales and questionnaires.
Fuente: Medical Subject Headings 2015
Tipo: Concept definition
Concepto genérico
Sinónimos
- factorial analyses
- factorial analysis
- multifactorial analysis
- principal axis factoring
- statistical factor analysis
En otras lenguas
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español
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/240115
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