Polychotomy

A polychotomy (päl′i kät′ə mē; plural polychotomies) is a division or separation into many parts or classes. Polychotomy is a generalization of dichotomy, which is a polychotomy of exactly two parts. In evolutionary biology, the term polychotomy can also be considered a historically-based misspelling of polytomy.

Examples of usage

 * J. Friedman. Another Approach to Polychotomous Classification. Department of Statistics, Stanford University, 1996.
 * Polyclass: polychotomous regression and multiple classification
 * The Development of a Hierarchical Polychotomous ADL-IADL Scale for Noninstitutionalized Elders
 * Probabilistic Forecasting - A Primer
 * Structured polychotomous machine diagnosis of multiple cancer types using gene expression