Abstract:

The difference between typology and segmentation was then discussed. The most popular opinion was that: 1. Segmentation implies the isolation of one of the variables as being the one to be predicted; 2. Such restraints are not needed when applying a method of typological analysis; this kind of descriptive analysis therefore permits a total flexibility without any a priori judgment. It remains however that a typology can lead in some cases to directly interpretable segmentations .