factor analysis
a statistical procedure for trying to discover the basic factors that may underlie and account for the correlations among a larger number of variables, for example, ...
Factor Analysis: A statistical technique to simplify data by reducing a set of variables to a smaller set of Factors. Each factor is made up of variables that are highly correlated with each other.
factor analysis A body of statistical techniques concerned with study of interrelationships among a certain set of variables--none of which is given the special status of a criterion variable.
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