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FACTOR MATRIX [1 record]

Record 1 1999-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
DEF

A statistical approach that can be used to analyse interrelationships among a large number of variables and to explain these variables in terms of their common underlying dimensions (factors). The statistical approach involving finding a way of condensing the information contained in a number of original variables into a smaller set of dimensions (factors) with a minimum loss of information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
Key term(s)
  • matrice des facteurs
  • matrice de facteur

Spanish

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