Factorist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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