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Concept information

Término preferido

factor analysis

Tipo

  • Topic

Definición

  • Information 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.

Concepto genérico

Sinónimos

  • factorial analyses
  • factorial analysis
  • multifactorial analysis
  • principal axis factoring
  • statistical factor analysis

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/240115

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