Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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factor analysis | Yes | No | No | No |
correlational analysis | Yes | No | No | No |
factor analysis (noun) | correlational analysis (noun) |
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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 | the use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables |