The phrase "weak factors" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to any component or aspect of something that is not as strong or powerful as other components or aspects. For example, "The weak factors in his plan led to its ultimate failure."
With regard to the retrospective study design we chose strategy A, recommended for the selection of weak factors.
Sauerbrei and Schumacher used bootstrap sampling to assess the distribution of an indicator variable denoting the inclusion of a specific predictor for identifying strong and weak factors for predicting survival [ 26].
I fear that this has led some to think that reproductive isolation can commonly be generated by floral differences alone or in combination with other weak factors ('components of reproductive isolation').
Finally, a false positive might also seem possible when multiple weak factors contribute to total sex ratio distortion (e.g., a combination of weak SK, SD, and/or viability factors) because each would be too weak to meet the inequalities in steps 2a,b and 3,a,b,c but collectively strong enough to produce measurable sex ratio distortion in the SR line.
Energy production was a weak factor, and bird hazard information a potent factor, in explaining both experiential and acceptability ratings.
According to Liu et al. (2003), strong, moderate, and weak factor loadings range from >0.75, 0.75 to 0.5, and 0.5 to 0.3, respectively.
For separations between control sources and error sensors much less than a quarter wavelength of the primary noise disturbance, results show that the angular orientation, of the combined linear control source and sensor arrays, is a weak factor for acoustic pressure reduction in the shadow zone.
(3) A weak factor representing an item selected by multiple factors.
One item (difficulty swallowing) was excluded due to consistently weak factor loadings.
A further 3 items contributed to the "i-factor" but with weak factor loadings of.28,.22, and.13.13
The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy (KMO) = 0.79 which indicates a weak factor structure [ 20].
