group analysis
41GROUP — in Mary Douglas group grid analysis To the extent that the family is a bound unit, contained in a set of rooms, known by a common name, sharing common property, it is a group... In other words, a group can be seen as a set of SOCIAL… …
42group — 1. A number of similar or related objects. 2. In chemistry, a radical. For individual chemical groups, see the specific name. blood g. blood g.. characterizing g. a g. of atoms in a molecule that distinguishes the class of substances in which it… …
43Analysis of flows — In theoretical physics, an analysis of flows is the study of gauge or gaugelike symmetries (i.e. flows the formulation of a theory is invariant under). It is generally agreed that flows indicate nothing more than a redundancy in the description… …
44GROUP-GRID ANALYSIS — a method of social analysis developed by anthropologist Mary Douglas as means of comparing societies and their cosmologies. Douglas argues that similar social structures will produce similar cosmologies. Thus an observer ought to be able to… …
45Group of North American Insurance Enterprises — Formed in 2003, the Group of North American Insurance Enterprises (GNAIE) consists of the Chief Financial Officers of many of the leading North American insurance companies including life insurers, property and casualty insurers, and reinsurers.… …
46group dynamics — In one sense, all sociology is about group dynamics, but the term is usually applied to the structure of, and processes within, small face to face groups. The terrain is largely occupied by psychologists, but is integrated into sociology, mainly… …
47Socio-Analysis — is the activity of exploration, consultancy, and action research which combines and synthesises methodologies and theories derived from psychoanalysis, group relations, social systems thinking, organisational behaviour, and social dreaming [Bain… …
48Qualitative inorganic analysis — Classical qualitative inorganic analysis is a method of analytical chemistry which seeks to find elemental composition of inorganic compounds. It is mainly focused on detecting ions in an aqueous solution, so that materials in other forms may… …
49Historic paint analysis — is the scientific analysis of architectural finishes, including not only paints but also metallic finishes and clear and translucent finishes used on historic buildings. The primary purpose of such analysis is to determine the color of the finish …
50Strategic group — A strategic group is a concept used in strategic management that groups companies within an industry that have similar business models or similar combinations of strategies. For example, the fast food industry can be portrayed as consisting of… …
