[Comparative studies on the statistical and functional evaluation of masticatory efficiency].
1972
Z Krysiński
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008409
Mastication
The act and process of chewing and grinding food in the mouth.
Chewing
D004526
Efficiency
Ratio of output to effort and or resources, or the ratio of effort and or resources produced to energy expended.
Productivity
D005163
Factor Analysis, Statistical
A set of statistical methods for analyzing the correlations among several variables in order to estimate the number of fundamental dimensions that underlie the observed data and to describe and measure those dimensions. It is used frequently in the development of scoring systems for rating scales and questionnaires.