Word.ws English Dictionary

tetrachoric

Syllables: tet·ra·chor·ic/ˌtɛtrəˈkɔːɹɪk/

tetrachoric adjective: between two dichotomous variables.

Adjective

tetrachoric (not comparable)

  1. Between two dichotomous variables
    • Each rho (ρ) represents the conditional tetrachoric correlation for each pair of outcomes, measuring the extent to which the two outcomes would covary if unobserved characteristics of an individual were indeed observed.2015 July 9, “Social Participation and Disaster Risk Reduction Behaviors in Tsunami Prone Areas”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of tetrachoric

From tetra- + Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros) + -ic. First used in statistical theory in the early 20th century.

Questions about tetrachoric

What does tetrachoric mean?
Tetrachoric means between two dichotomous variables.
What part of speech is tetrachoric?
Tetrachoric is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tetrachoric?
Tetrachoric is pronounced /ˌtɛtrəˈkɔːɹɪk/.

Words near tetrachoric in the dictionary

  1. tetrachord
  2. tetrachordal
  3. tetrachordo
  4. tetrachordos
  5. tetrachords
  6. tetrachoric
  7. tetrachotomies
  8. tetrachotomous
  9. tetrachotomy
  10. tetrachromacy
  11. tetrachromat

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tetrachoric (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “tetrachoric.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tetrachoric. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.