factorially
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- adverb
- /fæktɔˈrɪəli/
- Specialized
- A significant improvement in fit was obtained by allowing K-ABC Arithmetic and WISC-R Coding to be factorially complex.
- factorially complex
Examples
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In this experiment, the outcomes escalated factorially with each additional treatment group introduced.
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A subsequent exploratory principal components analysis suggested that both the 24- and 19-item scales are factorially complex.
Academic text (2002) -
A unitary factor model for the adolescent MAST was not confirmed; indeed, the revised test appeared to be factorially complex.
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The AX includes two factorially independent subscales to measure the frequency with which people inhibit or express anger when they experience it.
Academic text (1997) -
These same questions correspond to the operationalized and factorially analyzed definition used in Pascarella and Terenzini's study (see Table 1).
Academic text (2008) -
Probabilities on the two spinners were varied factorially for each expression and subject within a previously elicited individual range, intended to represent the maximum and minimum probability points of applicability for each expression.
Academic text (1990) -
Malamuth and Check (1980a) factorially manipulated consent, presence of pain cues, and outcome for the victim (disgust vs. arousal and pleasure).
Academic text (1995) -
Principal components analysis of the scale scores indicated that, unlike results previously obtained with non-Aboriginal children (Rigby, Schofield, & Slee, 1987), attitude toward parents was factorially distinct from attitudes toward the other authorities.
Academic text (1993) -
The complexity of the problem increases factorially as more variables are added.
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As the research progressed, the results showed that the errors grew factorially when sample sizes were doubled.
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Etymology
Factorially comes from the word factor, which means 'maker' or 'a thing that multiplies', and from the math word factorial, where you multiply a list of numbers like 1×2×3×.... So, something that grows factorially gets much bigger very quickly, like multiplying again and again.