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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.
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Origin of factor analysis
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby factor analysis
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How to use factor analysis in a sentence
So he read about factor analysis, which had become a little bit fashionable at the time.
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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
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