Factorist
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A statistician who uses factor analysis.
"The question of when to stop factoring is one of the major points of controversy in factor analysis, and the criticisms which one factorist may direct against the work of another quite commonly deal with charges of overfactorization and underfactorization."
Example
More examples"The question of when to stop factoring is one of the major points of controversy in factor analysis, and the criticisms which one factorist may direct against the work of another quite commonly deal with charges of overfactorization and underfactorization."
Etymology
From factor + -ist.
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