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A Typology of Partial-Order: The Case of Drug Use in Israel

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A frequent variety of typology is that which results when a given population is classified simultaneously by several criteria, the categories of each criterion being ordered in a sense common to all the criteria. Such simultaneous orderings automatically define a partial order typology.The empirical problem is to ascertain the dimensionality and the substantive meaning of the partial order. This is illustrated here by characterization of the Jewish population of Israel by the frequencies of use of a variety of drugs. The data analysis approach adopted is that of Partial Order Structuple (Scalogram) Analysis (POSA). The particular computer program used is POSAC (POSA with Base Coordinates).

The analysis revealed that it is possible to portray the distinct profiles (structuples) of the respondents according to drug use in a two-dimensional space, with a substantive regularity relating both to legal (pain relievers) and illegal drugs (marijuana, methadon). This space also serves as a basis for discriminant analysis for age as an external background variable.

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Levy, S. A Typology of Partial-Order: The Case of Drug Use in Israel. Quality & Quantity 32, 1–13 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004229124947

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