factor analysis

Noun factor analysis has 1 sense

• factor analysis(n = noun.cognition) - any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors; beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variables that account for the interrelations observed in the data;
is a kind of correlational analysis
Derived forms adjective factor analytical₁, verb factor analyze₁