factor analysis

汉语翻译

【计】 因子分解, 因数分析
【化】 因子分析
【经】 要素分析, 因素分析, 因式分析

英语解释：

名词 factor analysis:

1. any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors; beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variable that account for the interrelations observed in the data