English edit

Etymology edit

poly- +‎ serial

Adjective edit

polyserial (not comparable)

  1. (statistics) Relating to the correlation between multiple continuous variables
    • 2015 August 7, “Development of the Assessment of Belief Conflict in Relationship-14 (ABCR-14)”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      We analyzed the psychometric properties of ABCR-14 according to entropy, polyserial correlation coefficient, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, average variance extracted, Cronbach’s alpha, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, and multidimensional item response theory (MIRT).