kategoryzowane

Kategoryzowane is a Polish term used as an adjective formed from the verb kategoryzować, meaning to assign items to categories or to classify. It describes objects, data, or statements that have undergone a process of categorization. The related concepts are kategoryzacja, the act or process of categorization, and kategoryzować, the verb itself.

In usage, phrases such as "kategoryzowane dane" refer to data that have been labeled or grouped into predefined categories; "kategoryzowane artykuły" are items that have been classified. The form kategoryzowane is the neuter or plural participle used to agree with the noun it modifies, for example "dane kategoryzowane" or "obiekty kategoryzowane." The feminine form is kategoryzowana, and the masculine form is kategoryzowany.

The term is common in fields such as information science, data management, statistics, bibliotekoznawstwo (library science), and market research, where classification into categories is essential for indexing, retrieval, and analysis. It is also used in scientific writing to indicate that a set of observations or samples has been segmented into categories based on specified criteria such as type, status, or quality.

Notes: kategoryzacja denotes the act or process of categorization, while kategoryzowanie is another variant referring to the act itself. The concept is closely related to, yet distinct from, classification or sorting, depending on the precision of the categorization scheme and the context in which it is applied.

Example: "Dane kategoryzowane według kryterium wiekowego umożliwiają porównania między grupami." "W raporcie opisano kategoryzowane odpowiedzi respondentów."