to factor analyze
- phrasal verb
- /ˈfæktər əˈnælaɪz/
- Specialized
:
analizar por factores
- We factor-analyzed the 44 items in the scale to yield various dimensions of perceived job image.
- items were factor analyzed
- scale items were factor analyzed
- factor-analyzed ratings
Examples
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Our team decided to factor analyze the survey results to identify the main attributes influencing customer satisfaction.
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Each correlation matrix was then factor analyzed.
Academic text (1993) -
Several researchers have attempted to factor-analyze measures of number sense skills to better understand the construct.
Academic text (2010) -
Second, the religious items were factor-analyzed to examine the extent to which they were unidimensional.
Academic text (2001) -
Some researchers have attempted to find more meaningful clusters by factor analyzing questionnaire items.
Academic text (1998) -
The data produced from this peer-rating system are factor analyzed into three factors: aggression, withdrawal, and likability.
Academic text (1993) -
The 17 skill items shown in the Appendix were factor analyzed to determine the number and character of underlying constructs.
Academic text (2003) -
The committee functioning scale items were factor analyzed (principal components analysis and varimax rotation) and five factors were identified.
Academic text (1995) -
To assess the structure of the SAS scale, we factor-analyzed all 32 items by means of principal components analysis with varimax rotation.
Academic text (2000) -
To explore the psychometric properties of the SCMES, items were factor analyzed, and internal consistency estimates and intercorrelations among the resulting scales were calculated.
Academic text (2008)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'factor' and 'analyze' together hint at analysing factors, so a learner can infer a general idea of studying elements in the data. However, the phrase denotes the specific statistical procedure 'factor analysis' (a technical term) and that precise methodological meaning is unlikely to be predictable by a B1 learner without subject‑matter exposure, making it only partially transparent.
Etymology
Factor analyze comes from the idea of breaking a complicated thing into basic parts: factor (a part) and analyze (to look closely). So when you factor analyze data you look for the 'hidden' parts or patterns that explain many results.
