Polychoric

Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɫiˈkɔɹɪk/

Polychoric (adjective)

  1. related to estimating the relationship between two variables measured on an ordinal scale.

Examples

  • The polychoric correlation was calculated to analyze the survey data.
  • Researchers used a polychoric method to assess the relationship between variables.

Common collocations: polychoric correlation, calculate polychoric, polychoric analysis

Synonyms of Polychoric

Formal