Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyserial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pol-y-se-ri-al
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the correlation between multiple continuous variables

Example Sentences

"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 theory (MIRT)."

Etymology

From poly- + serial.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: poly

Questions

What does polyserial mean?: Relating to the correlation between multiple continuous variables
Where does polyserial come from?: From poly- + serial.

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