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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

factor analysis
    n 1: 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