Definition: Classification

Category: Classifications

Set of discrete, exhaustive and mutually exclusive observations which can be assigned to one or more variables to be measured in the collation and/or presentation of data. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/coded_files/UN_glossary_of_classification_terms_short.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "UN Glossary of Classifications Terms", Short version approved by the Expert Group on International Economic and Social Classifications as a working document (+/- 2015)17
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