Classification, Research

Taxonomy

• The process of classifying empirical entities (Bailey, 1994, p. 6)

• The result of a classification of empirical entities (Bailey, 1994, p. 6)

• The theoretical study of identification and classification, their bases, principles, procedures, rules (Simpson 1961 and Sneath and Sokal 1973 in Bailey, 1994, p. 6)

The basic difference, then, is that a typology is conceptual while a taxonomy is empirical.

Bailey, 1994, p. 6

• Bailey, 1994

• Classification (Dictionary Entry) Generic Term

• Conceptual Classification (Dictionary Entry) Near Antonym

• Full Typology Near Antonym

• Partial Typology (Dictionary Entry) Near Antonym

• Qualitative Classification (Dictionary Entry) Near Antonym