CLASSIFICATION

AND
PARTITION
 Classification is a technique of sorting items into related groups
whose partition is the division of a unit into its components. If the genus
in the class and the species is the subdivision, we can say that
carbohydrates is the genus; then grains, fruits, vegetables, shellfish,
diary products are the species; if grains is the genus, the rice bread,
doughnut, and others are the species.

Classification is the grouping together of objects/items according to a

specified basis. When classifying, you choose to consider a thing that has
some similarities. According to mills and walter(1980), Classifications is
almost any act of noting relationships. Technically, it is the act of locating
a specimen of all the different kinds of objects which possess a given
characteristic.
 The following are the general principles in giving analysis through classification
according to Laster, Ann A. and Neli Ann Picket.

1. Classification is a basic approach in analysis. It places related items into

categories or groups.
2. Only a plural subject or a subject whose meaning in plural can be
classified. If a subject is singular, it can be partitioned but not
classified.
3. The categories in the classification must be coordinate, or parallel. All
categories on the same level must be of the same rank in grammatical
form and in content.
4. The categories must be mutually exclusive. Each category should be
composed of clearly defined group that would still exist without the
other categories on the same level.
5. The categories must not overlap. An item can have a place in only one
category.
 Partition is an analysis that divides a singular item into parts, steps or
aspects. Its purpose is to separate a particular thing into parts, pieces,
sections, or categories. These do not necessarily have anything in
common beyond the fact that they belong to the same unit.
The following are the general principles in giving an analysis through
partition according to laster, Ann A. and Neli Ann Picket.
1. Partition is a basic approach in analysis. It divides the subject into parts
so that an individual consideration of these, a better understanding of
the whole, can be achieved.
2. Only a singular subject can be partitioned. If the subject is plural, it can
be classified but not partitioned.
3. The division in partition should be coordinate, parallel, and mutually
exclusive.
4. The division must be complete but it must not overlap.
5. The data in partition analysis may be presented in outlines, in verbal
explanations, and in visuals.
6. The basis on which partition is made should be clear, useful, and
purposeful.
7. The order of presentation of division depends on their purpose. Among
the possible orders are time, familiarity, importance, complexity, space,
alphabetical and random listings.