Bifactor

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A factor that influences two (separate or related) consequences

    "Posthoc, a bifactor model in which (besides the 5 separate factors) a general factor is hypothesized accounting for the commonality of the items showed a significantly better fit than the five factor model."

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"Posthoc, a bifactor model in which (besides the 5 separate factors) a general factor is hypothesized accounting for the commonality of the items showed a significantly better fit than the five factor model."

Etymology

From bi- + factor.

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