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5 SYLLABLES
factor analysis
/'fæktər_ə'nælɪsɪs/ · fæktərənælɪsɪs
Factor analysis has 5 syllables: fac · tor a · nal · y · sis.
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noun. 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.
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