Classification: An International Perspective
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- Published by SLACK, Inc. in Psychiatric Annals
- Vol. 6 (8) , 22-35
- https://doi.org/10.3928/0048-5713-19760801-06
Abstract
Psychiatric Annals | T he main purpose of classification is to reduce complexity by grouping phenomena according to common characteristics. These characteristics describe a class. New items are assigned to an existing class if their characteristics fit the description of that class; otherwise a new class has to be created. Ideally, all items should be assignable to one and only one class - that is, the set of classesThis publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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