Medical Subject Headings

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Preferred Name

Factor Analysis, Statistical

Synonyms

Analysis, Statistical Factor

Factor Analyses

Definitions

A set of statistical methods for analyzing the correlations among several variables in order to estimate the number of fundamental dimensions that underlie the observed data and to describe and measure those dimensions. It is used frequently in the development of scoring systems for rating scales and questionnaires.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D005163

altLabel

Analysis, Statistical Factor

Factor Analyses, Statistical

Analyses, Factor

Analyses, Statistical Factor

Factor Analysis

Statistical Factor Analysis

Analysis, Factor

Statistical Factor Analyses

Factor Analyses

AN

usually NIM

cui

C0085801

C0015483

DC

1

definition

A set of statistical methods for analyzing the correlations among several variables in order to estimate the number of fundamental dimensions that underlie the observed data and to describe and measure those dimensions. It is used frequently in the development of scoring systems for rating scales and questionnaires.

DX

19660101

MDA

19990101

MMR

20080708

MN

N06.850.520.830.400

E05.318.740.400

N05.715.360.750.350

notation

D005163

prefLabel

Factor Analysis, Statistical

TERMUI

T015770

T015771

T015768

T015769

T015772

TH

NLM (1966)

UNK (19XX)

POPLINE (1978)

tui

T081

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013223

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