Understanding Classification, Compare and Contrast

Classification is...

• putting particular things in specific categories because these things have certain characteristics which we use to define those categories

• putting particular things in general categories

• putting particular things in specific categories because these things have certain characteristics

• putting particular things in general categories because these things have certain characteristics which we use to define those categories

The Purpose of Classification is...

• To help us select something we need

• To determine important relationships between ideas/items

• To protect things from harm or damage

• To help us choose how much money we want

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There are common defaults in Classification which are..

• the category may be too broad or too narrow

• fuzzy thinking

• We may know what defines the category but misperceive or misjudge that an individual thing has those characteristics

• We may be too accurate about classification

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If I put all of my business expense receipts in a folder but did not differentiate them in different years, I would not be able to use this collection easily in doing my year 2007 income tax.

which type of classification does the situation above refer to?

• Classification too broad

• Classification roo narrow

If I just keep year 2007 car expenses receipts, I will have to search for other receipts to be able to figure out my overall business expenses

What classification does the scenario above refer too?

• Classification to narrow

• Classification tok broad

There are __ types of classification

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Based on the classifcation below, which classification are correct?

• Bottom up clasification

• Top down classification

• Side to side classification

• Back to front classification

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A bottom up classification is a situation where the concept is _______________classification

• Specific to broad

• Specific too broad

• Broad to specific

• Front to the back

A broad to specific classification is a __________ classification

• Top down

• Bottom up

• Side to side

• Front to the back

Based on the image below which chart shows a bottom up classification?

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