A polychotomy (päl′i kät′ə mē; plural polychotomies) is a division or separation into many parts or classes. Polychotomy is a generalization of dichotomy, which is a polychotomy of exactly two parts. In evolutionary biology, the term polychotomy can also be considered a historically based misspelling of polytomy.[1]
See also
- Polychotomous key
References
- ^ Weiss, David J. (1995). “Polychtomous or Polytomous?,” Applied Psychological Measurement, Vol. 19, No. 1, p. 4
External links
Examples of usage
- Another Approach to Polychotomous Classification
- Polyclass: polychotomous regression and multiple classification
- The Development of a Hierarchical Polychotomous ADL-IADL Scale for Noninstitutionalized Elders
- Probabilistic Forecasting - A Primer
- Structured polychotomous machine diagnosis of multiple cancer types using gene expression