Definition:Dichotomy
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Definition
A dichotomy is a partition of a population into two distinct subsets.
This is based on either:
- measurable variables (for example: age under $18$, age $18$ and over)
- attributes (for example: male and female).
Also see
- Results about dichotomies can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): dichotomy
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): dichotomy