disaggregation

(noun)

A division or breaking up into constituent parts, particularly categories which have been lumped together.

Related Terms

Examples of disaggregation in the following topics:

  • Creating Learning Objectives

    • Teachers must find a way to disaggregate a large-scale learning objective (of the sort found in a curriculum guide) into a number of individual objectives.

  • Modular Structure

    • Modularization within organizations leads to the disaggregation of the traditional form of hierarchical governance into relatively small, autonomous organizational units (modules).

  • Impacts of Forecasting on a Business

    • Forecasts can be carried out at a high level of aggregation -- for GDP, inflation, unemployment or the fiscal deficit -- or at a more disaggregated level -- for specific sectors of the economy or even specific firms .

  • Evaluating Market Segments

    • In reality, market segmentation is both a disaggregation and aggregation process.

  • Bibliography

    • Techniques for disaggregating centrality scores in social networks, pp. 26-48 in Nancy Tuma (ed. ) Sociological Methodology 1986.