Classification, Research

Typology

• A generally multidimensional and conceptual classification (Bailey, 1994, p. 4-5)

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

Bailey, 1994, p. 6

The term taxonomy is more generally used in the biological sciences, while typology is used in the social sciences. Taxonomies are often (but not always) hierarchical (as in family, genus, species) and evolutionary.

Bailey, 1994, p. 6

• Bailey, 1994

• Classification

• Classification (Dictionary Entry) Generic Term

• Concept (Dictionary Entry)

• Conceptual Classification (Dictionary Entry) Near Synonym

• Full Typology Synonym

• Partial Typology (Dictionary Entry) Specialized Term

• Qualitative Classification (Dictionary Entry) Near Synonym

• Taxonomy (Dictionary Entry) Near Antonym