BAILEY: TYPOLOGIES AND TAXONOMIES (PAPER): AN INTRODUCTIONTO CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES: An Introduction to Classification Techniques: 102 (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences) - Softcover

Bailey, Kenneth D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803952597 ISBN 13: 9780803952591

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1994

Synopsis

How do we group different subjects on a variety of variables? Should we use a classification procedure in which only the concepts are classified (typology), one in which only empirical entities are classified (taxonomy), or some combination of both? In this clearly written book, Bailey addresses these questions and shows how classification methods can be used to improve research. Beginning with an exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of classification procedures including those typologies that can be constructed without the use of a computer, the book covers such topics as clustering procedures (including agglomerative and divisive methods), the relationship among various classification techniques (including the relationship of monothetic, qualitative typologies to polythetic, quantitative taxonomies), a comparison of clustering methods and how these methods compare with related statistical techniques such as factor analysis, multidimensional scaling and systems analysis, and lists classification resources. This volume also discusses software packages for use in clustering techniques.

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About the Author

Subfield

Research methods, theory, demography and ecology.
Selected Publications

Methods of Social Research. Fourth Edition. 1994.

Sociology and the New Systems Theory. 1994.

"Structure, Structuration, and Autopoiesis." Current Perspectives in Social Theory, 1998.

"Systems Theory" in Jonathan Turner (ed.), Handbook of Sociological Theory, 2001.

From the Back Cover

How do we group different subjects on a variety of variables? Should we use a classification procedure in which only the concepts are classified (typology), one in which only empirical entities are classified (taxonomy), or a combination of both?

Kenneth D Bailey addresses these questions and shows how classification methods can be used to improve research. Beginning with an exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of classification procedures, the book covers topics such as: clustering procedures including agglomerative and divisive methods; the relationship among various classification techniques; how clustering methods compare with related statistical techniques; classification resources; and software packages for use in clustering techniques.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803952597
• ISBN 13: 9780803952591
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96