Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overfactorization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-fac-tor-iza-tion
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use or consideration of excessive factors in factor analysis.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From over- + factor + -ization.

Usage

Uncountable

Antonyms

underfactorization

Questions

What does overfactorization mean?: The use or consideration of excessive factors in factor analysis.
Where does overfactorization come from?: From over- + factor + -ization.

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