Class analysis is research in sociology, politics and economics from the point of view of the stratification of the society into classes. Sociology is the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies. ... Politics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. ... Economics is the social science studying production and consumption through measurable variables. ... A social class is, at its most basic, a group of people that have similar status. ...
Most known examples are the theory of Karl Marx and Max Weber's Three-component theory of stratification. Karl Marx Karl Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was an influential German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary organizer of the International Workingmens Association. ... Maximilian Weber (April 21, 1864 – June 14, 1920) was a German political economist and sociologist who is considered the founder of the modern study of sociology and public administration. ... Max Weber formulated a three-component theory of stratification, with social class, status class and party class (or politics) as conceptually distinct elements. ...
That is, latent classanalysis divides the cases into latent classes which are "conditionally independent," meaning that the variables of interest are uncorrelated within any one class.
Classes are "latent" because they are not observable directly but rather are identified based on a function of a set of manifest indicators.
Latent classanalysis is appropriate when the dependent variable is truly categorical (ex., region of residence, candidate for whom voted in the last election).
This is the generic class for apparatus and corresponding methods for the automated analysis of an image or recognition of a pattern*.
Image analysis* having specific and significantly claimed utility in art environments external to this class is classified in the appropriate external classes unless it is specifically excluded therefrom.
For the purpose of this class, image analysis* is defined as a systematic operation or series of operations performed on data representative of an observed image with the aim of measuring a characteristic of the image, detecting variations and structure in the image, or transforming the image in a way that facilitates its interpretation.
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