polychoric

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adjective
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

noun
  1. 1

    A polychoric correlation