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Factor Analysis, Statistical

Medical 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.
Guide Notes:	a specific statist technique: not a synonym for "analysis of various factors..."; IM GEN only; coord NIM with specific disease or other concept (IM); no qualif
Also Called:	Analysis, Factor

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