score

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10112

Factor analysis projection of an object onto a factor.

Notes:
  1. In principal-component analysis, the factors are orthogonal and the scores are an orthogonal projection of the objects onto a factor.
  2. The scores on a factor reflect the relationships between objects for that factor.
  3. The term scores (plural) refers to a whole column in the scores matrix that relates to a particular factor. The term score (singular) is the projection of a particular object onto the factor.
See: loading
Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 407. 'Vocabulary of concepts and terms in chemometrics (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 424 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0605)