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Descriptor English: Factor Analysis, Statistical
Descriptor Spanish: Análisis Factorial
Descriptor análisis factorial estadístico
Scope note: Conjunto de métodos estadísticos para analizar las correlaciones entre las diversas variables con el fin de estimar el número de dimensiones fundamentales que sustentan los datos observados y para describir y medir dichas dimensiones. Se utiliza frecuentemente en el desarrollo de sistemas de puntuaciones para clasificar escalas y cuestionarios.
Descriptor Portuguese: Análise Fatorial
Descriptor French: Analyse statistique factorielle
Entry term(s): Analyses, Factor
Analyses, Statistical Factor
Analysis, Factor
Analysis, Statistical Factor
Factor Analyses
Factor Analyses, Statistical
Factor Analysis
Statistical Factor Analyses
Statistical Factor Analysis
Tree number(s): E05.318.740.400
N05.715.360.750.350
N06.850.520.830.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005163
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: usually NIM
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Entry Version: FACTOR ANAL STATIST
DeCS ID: 28624
Unique ID: D005163
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Factor Analysis, Statistical - Preferred
Concept UI M0008139
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Factor Analysis, Statistical
Entry term(s) Analyses, Statistical Factor
Analysis, Statistical Factor
Factor Analyses, Statistical
Statistical Factor Analyses
Statistical Factor Analysis
Analysis, Factor - Broader
Concept UI M0008140
Preferred term Analysis, Factor
Entry term(s) Analyses, Factor
Factor Analyses
Factor Analysis



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