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polyserial

polyserial adjective: relating to the correlation between multiple continuous variables.

Adjective

polyserial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the correlation between multiple continuous variables
    • We analyzed the psychometric properties of ABCR-14 according to entropy, polyserial correlation coefficient, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, average variance extracted, Cronbach’s alpha, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, and multidimensional item response...2015 August 7, “Development of the Assessment of Belief Conflict in Relationship-14 (ABCR-14)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of polyserial

From poly- + serial.

Questions about polyserial

What does polyserial mean?
Polyserial means relating to the correlation between multiple continuous variables.
What part of speech is polyserial?
Polyserial is an adjective.

Words near polyserial in the dictionary

  1. polysensory
  2. polysensuous
  3. polysepalous
  4. polysequence
  5. polysequences
  6. polyserial
  7. polyserine
  8. polyserositis
  9. polysexual
  10. polysexualities
  11. polysexuality

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