Empirical Classification (Dictionary Entry)

Owned by David Doret
25-00-2020
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Classification, Research

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Empirical Classification

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Empirical Classification. Taxonomic methods are empirical methods. They generally begin with a data set of empirical objects (such as individuals) measured on a number of variables. Various techniques, usually quantitative, are then used to group the cases by overall similarity on the variables.

https://open-measure.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIB/pages/140705830, p. 7

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