maatgroepen

Maatgroepen is a Dutch term describing groups formed on the basis of a shared measure or size. The exact meaning varies by context, but in general the word denotes a way of organizing individuals or items into discrete categories defined by a specific metric such as physical size, capacity, or scale.

In retail and manufacturing, maatgroepen categorize products or customers by size. Examples include clothing sizes (S, M, L, XL) or shoe sizes, as well as volume or weight classifications for goods. This type of grouping supports processes such as inventory management, pricing, and marketing strategy.

In data analysis and statistics, maatgroepen refer to discretizing continuous variables into finite bins or categories. For instance, age can be grouped into ranges (0–17, 18–34, 35–64, 65+), or other measurements can be segmented to simplify analysis and enable comparisons across categories.

In public policy and administration, maatgroepen can be used to design targeted interventions or resource allocation by grouping entities such as households or municipalities by size or scale. This helps tailor services, subsidies, or planning efforts to the characteristics of each group.

The term is generic and context-dependent rather than a fixed technical standard. Depending on the sector, maatgroepen may be synonymous with segmentation, categorization, or binning, with the common aim of organizing data or objects into manageable, comparable groups. See also categorization, binning, segmentation.