NALT

Preferred term

factor analysis

Topic

A set of statistical methods for analyzing the correlations among several variables in order to estimate the number of fundamental dimensions that underlie the observed data and to describe and measure those dimensions. It is used frequently in the development of scoring systems for rating scales and questionnaires.

statistical analysis

factorial analyses
factorial analysis
multifactorial analysis
principal axis factoring
statistical factor analysis

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

66803

Spanish

análisis factorial

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/240115

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Created 2/5/15, last modified 10/17/18