factorist

English

Etymology

From factor +‎ -ist.

Noun

factorist (plural factorists)

1. A statistician who uses factor analysis.
   • 1959, Solomon Diamond, Information and error, pages 224–225:

     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.