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factorialize

factorialize verb: to perform factor analysis on (a set of data).

Verb

factorialize (third-person singular simple present factorializes, present participle factorializing, simple past and past participle factorialized)

  1. (transitive) To perform factor analysis on (a set of data).
    • For this larger group of Ss the analyses of variance were factorialized by five levels of Self-disclosure and Sex of S.1976 October, John P. Lombardo, Saverio C. Fantasia, “The relationship of self-disclosure to personality, adjustment and self-actualization”, in Journal of clinical psychology, volume 32, number 4...
    • All combinations of sowing times/false seedbed and row widths were factorialized with three weed control treatments: an untreated control, a herbicide treated control and mechanical weed control (see Tables 2 and 3).2004 February, I A Rasmussen, “The effect of sowing date, stale seedbed, row width and mechanical weed control on weeds and yields of organic winter wheat”, in Weed Research, volume 44, number 1...

Forms of factorialize

third-person singular presentfactorializes
present participlefactorializing
past participlefactorialized
pastfactorialized

Origin of factorialize

From factorial + -ize.

Questions about factorialize

What does factorialize mean?
Factorialize means to perform factor analysis on (a set of data).
What part of speech is factorialize?
Factorialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of factorialize?
The past tense of factorialize is factorialized.

Words near factorialize in the dictionary

  1. factorial table
  2. factorial tables
  3. factoriality
  4. factorialization
  5. factorializations
  6. factorialize
  7. factorialized
  8. factorializes
  9. factorializing
  10. factorially
  11. factorials

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