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polyserial

polyserial

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Adjective

polyserial (not comparable)

  1. (statistics) Relating to the correlation between multiple continuous variables
    • 2015 August 7, “Development of the Assessment of Belief Conflict in Relationship-14 (ABCR-14)”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0129349:
      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).