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polychoric

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the use of more than one chorus; that uses or is intended to use more than one chorus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to the relationship between two latent variables, each assumed to have a normal distribution and associated with an ordinal variable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Examples

  • 2007, Bruno D. Zumbo, 3: Validity: Foundation Issues and Statistical Methodology, C. R. Rao, S. Sinharay (editors), Handbook of Statistics, Volume 26: Psychometrics, page 66, Because the CES-D items are ordinal in nature (i.e., in our case a four-point response scale, and hence not continuous), a polychoric covariance matrix was used as input for the analyses.

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noun

Meaning 3

A polychoric correlation

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From poly- + -choric.

From pol-y + Ancient Greek χώρα (khṓra, “field”) + -ic.

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  • French: polychorique — statitistics