FACTOR ANALYZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does factor analyze mean? 

• FACTOR ANALYZE (verb)
  The verb FACTOR ANALYZE has 1 sense:

1. to perform a factor analysis of correlational data

  Familiarity information: FACTOR ANALYZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACTOR ANALYZE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To perform a factor analysis of correlational data

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

factor analyse; factor analyze

Hypernyms (to "factor analyze" is one way to...):

analyse; analyze (break down into components or essential features)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

factor analysis (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)