English Dictionary

factor analysis

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable, statistics) A statistical method used to describe variability among observed correlated variables in terms of one or more unobserved variables (called factors).

日本語の意味

統計学の手法の一つで、観測された相関のある変数の変動を、見えない因子（潜在変数）によって説明する方法、つまり因子分析を指す。

The research team applied factor analysis to reduce the number of observed variables into a smaller set of latent dimensions.

研究チームは、観測された相関変数の変動を1つ以上の潜在変数（因子）で説明する統計的手法である因子分析を適用して、観測変数の数をより少ない潜在次元に減らした。

意味（1）

(uncountable, statistics) A statistical method used to describe variability among observed correlated variables in terms of one or more unobserved variables (called factors).

Factor analysis is a generic term that we use to describe a number of methods designed to analyze interrelationships within a set of variables or objects.

意味（2）

(countable, statistics) A statistical study performed using the method.

Separate exploratory factor analyses using an oblique rotation were conducted on the item sets measuring task values, task difficulty perceptions, and ability perceptions.

factor analyses （ plural ）