nnoun.cognitionany 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 dataTopic:statistics
Derivationally Related Form:factor analyticalfactor analyze
Hypernyms:correlational analysis
Inherited Hypernyms:factor analysiscorrelational analysismultivariate analysisstatistical methodmethodknow-howabilitycognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity