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factor analysis

(Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics any of several techniques for deriving from a number of given variables a smaller number of different, more useful, variables

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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

statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

correlational analysis - the use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables

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A principal components factor analysis was calculated on responses to all 20 items used in this study.

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708 which indicated that the sample size was adequate for a meaningful factor analysis to be conducted.

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