cross-classification
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Definition
- Noun:
- Classification according to more than one attribute at the same time: A method of organizing or analyzing data by simultaneously considering two or more different categories or variables.
Usage
- Noun:
- The term is used primarily in academic, statistical, and research contexts to describe a specific analytical technique.
- It is often used with the preposition "of" (e.g., cross-classification of data).
- It describes a table or matrix that displays the intersection of categories from two or more variables.
Examples
- Noun:
- The researcher used cross-classification to analyze the survey results by both income level and educational attainment.
- A cross-classification of the patient data by age and symptom severity revealed new patterns.
- The report included a cross-classification table showing employment status by region and gender.
Advanced Usage
- "To perform a cross-classification": To carry out the process of classifying data by multiple variables.
- We need to perform a cross-classification to understand the interaction between these two factors.
- Statistical Cross-Classification: In statistics, this often refers to a contingency table or crosstab, which summarizes the relationship between categorical variables.
- The chi-squared test was applied to the statistical cross-classification.
Variants and Related Words
- Cross-classify (verb): To classify something according to multiple criteria simultaneously.
- The data can be cross-classified in several ways.
- Cross-tabulation (noun): A synonym often used in statistics, referring specifically to the tabular presentation of cross-classified data.
- The cross-tabulation of votes by age and party affiliation was insightful.
Synonyms
- Multivariate classification: Classification involving multiple variables.
- Contingency table analysis: The examination of data in a cross-classified table.
- Crosstab: A common abbreviation for cross-tabulation.
Related Phrases
- Cross-classification analysis: The process of studying data that has been organized by multiple attributes.
- The cross-classification analysis provided a more nuanced understanding than a single-variable study.
- Cross-classified data: Data that has been organized according to a cross-classification scheme.
- Working with cross-classified data requires specific statistical models.
Noun
- classification according to more than one attribute at the same time
- the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex