stratifying
Arranging into tiers
Stratifying is the act of arranging into layers or levels.
Geologists study how rock formations stratify over time.
Social scientists examine how societies stratify by class, wealth, or education: Income inequality is stratifying American neighborhoods.
In statistics, stratifying a sample means dividing it into subgroups before selection to ensure representation.
The past tense stratified often works as an adjective: a highly stratified society.
Forming successive strata
- laminatingBonding protective plastic layers
- overlayingPlacing something on top
- coatingApplied surface covering
- bandingAdding decorative strips
tiering · stacking · depositing · arranging · separating · settling · accumulating · building up
Assigning to groups
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- sortingArranging into sequence
- rankingOrdered position assignment
- orderingPlacing in sequence
organizing · taxonomy · systematizing · dividing · segmenting · differentiating · distinguishing · grading
Ranked authority structure
- rankingOrdered position assignment
- classGrouping by shared traits
- casteInherited social division
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
tiered · levels · status · echelons · pecking order · dominance · subordination · superiority
Stacked levels or coatings
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
superposition · rock formation · fossils · outcrop · unconformity · lamination · paleontology · cross-bedding
Making selection by chance
- subgroupsDivisions within a group
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- quotasMandated numerical limits
demographics · variables · cohorts · allocation · representativeness · proportional · weighting · segmenting
layering
Forming successive strata
- laminatingBonding protective plastic layers
- overlayingPlacing something on top
- coatingApplied surface covering
banding · tiering · stacking · depositing · arranging · separating · settling · accumulating · building up · gradients
categorizing
Assigning to groups
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- sortingArranging into sequence
- rankingOrdered position assignment
ordering · organizing · taxonomy · systematizing · dividing · segmenting · differentiating · distinguishing · grading · tiering
hierarchy
Ranked authority structure
inequality · tiered · levels · status · echelons · pecking order · dominance · subordination · superiority · gradation
layers
Stacked levels or coatings
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
sedimentary · superposition · rock formation · fossils · outcrop · unconformity · lamination · paleontology · cross-bedding · stratigraphy
randomizing
Making selection by chance
- subgroupsDivisions within a group
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
quotas · demographics · variables · cohorts · allocation · representativeness · proportional · weighting · segmenting · partitioning
- layering methodsstacking, overlapping, tiering, laminating, sandwiching
- coatingcoating, covering, glazing, lacquering, plating
- fluid dynamicsfluid mechanics, fluid flow, turbulence, fluid motion, streamlines
- data operationsedit, backup, modify, fetch, read
stratifyinghomogenizing
Making consistent throughout
equalizing · unifying · leveling · democratizing · flattening
stratifyinghomogenizing
Making consistent throughout
mixing · blending · emulsifying · combining · amalgamating
stratifyingintegrating
Combining into a whole
uniting · consolidating · desegregating · incorporating · coalescing
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