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nomology

n.

1. the science or study of law and lawfulness.

2. the branch of science concerned with the formulation of natural laws, especially causal laws. A nomological approach is one that strives for causal explanations of phenomena, rather than merely classifying them. See deductive-nomological model. —nomological adj.

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R-technique factor analysis

R-technique factor analysis

a type of factor analysis performed on a correlation matrix: It examines associations between variable measurements in order to understand how the variables themselves group together and are related. Also called R factor analysis. Compare P-technique factor analysis; Q-technique factor analysis.