underfactorization

noun

The use or consideration of too few factors in factor analysis.

Opposite
overfactorization
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Meanings

noununderfactorization (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemathematicsThe use or consideration of too few factors in factor analysis.
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    Shall we stop the process of factoring at this point, or go on to test a third hypothesis? […] 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.

    1959, Solomon Diamond, Information and error, pages 224–225

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
overfactorization

Origin

From under- + factor + -ization.

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Chicago

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