Definitions
In plain terms
It provides the unit over which factor breadth or diffusion can be summarized.
Technical
The grouping contract freezes factor version, assignment rule, overlap, effective dates, eligibility, and unmapped observations.
Scope
A factor group is not necessarily mutually exclusive with every other factor group.
Examples
- A Fintech Builder lesson can compute or identify Factor Group only after declaring its inputs, timing, and edge-case rules.
Common misconceptions
- A factor group is not necessarily mutually exclusive with every other factor group.
Concept relationships
Prerequisites
Required by
Where this concept is used
Evidence and governance
- Fintech Builder Glossary Definition Contract The Fintech Builder · internal governed contract
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition
Limits: Defines governed platform behavior rather than claiming these policies are universally prescribed by external McClellan methodology.
- Business Cycle Indicators: Diffusion Indexes The Conference Board · first party methodology
Supports: variant distinction
Limits: Applying the general diffusion construction to sectors or factor groups is a declared Fintech Builder adaptation.
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- fintech-builder-batch-005
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-27
- Next review
- 2027-07-27
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