Stratification

Stratification is the process of categorising data, people, and objects into discrete groups or tiers. It’s a technique for analysing data that works in tandem with other technologies. When data from multiple sources or categories are thrown together, the significance of the data can be difficult to discern. One of the seven core quality tools, this data collecting and analysis technique separates the data so that patterns may be seen. 

When to use stratification:

1. Before gathering information.
2. When data is collected from many sources or situations, such as shifts, days of the week, suppliers, or population groupings, it is called multi-source data. 
3. When data analysis necessitates the separation of many sources or conditions.

Stratification procedure:

1. Consider whatever information about the data sources may have an impact on the outcomes before collecting data. Set up your data collection to include that information as well. 
2. Use distinct markers or colours to distinguish data from different sources when plotting or graphing the collected data on a scatter diagram, control chart, histogram, or another analytical tool. Data that is differentiated in this way is referred to be “stratified.” 
3. Separately analyse the stratified data subsets. Draw quadrants, count points, and establish the critical value just for the data from source 1, then only for the data from source 2, on a scatter diagram where data is stratified into data from source 1 and data from source 2. 

Stratification analysis consideration:

1. Stratification is usually beneficial to survey data. 
2. Always assess whether stratification will be required during analysis before collecting data. Make a plan to gather stratification data.
3. Include an explanation on your graph or chart that identifies the marks or colours used. 

Social stratification:

Social stratification is the division of people in a society into groups based on socioeconomic factors including wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, occupation, social status, or derived authority (social and political). As a result, stratification refers to a person’s social position within a social group, category, geographical region, or social unit. 

Concept of social stratification:

Within certain ideologies, the term social stratification is frequently utilised and interpreted variably. Proponents of action theory in sociology, for example, have suggested that social stratification is frequent in developed cultures, where a dominance hierarchy may be necessary to preserve social order and offer a stable social structure. In stratified societies, conflict theories such as Marxism refer to the inaccessibility of resources and lack of social mobility. Many sociological theorists have critiqued the fact that the working classes are generally unable to advance socioeconomically, whereas the wealthy are more likely to wield political power, which they exploit (labouring class). According to Talcott Parsons, an American sociologist, universal principles manage stability and social order in part. Such principles are not synonymous with “consensus,” but they can catalyze societal strife, as they have in the past. Parsons never asserted that universal principles “fulfilled” a society’s functioning requirements on their own. In actuality, society’s constitution is a considerably more complex codification of emergent historical elements. 

Complexity: 

Although stratification is not unique to complex societies, it is a feature of all complex societies. The total stock of valued goods is distributed unequally in any complex society, with the most privileged individuals and families enjoying a disproportionate share of income, power, and other valuable social resources. The complex social relationships and social structures that generate these observed inequalities are sometimes referred to as a “stratification system.” The following are the key components of such systems: (a) social-institutional processes that define certain types of goods as valuable and desirable; (b) allocation rules that distribute goods and resources across various positions in the division of labourers and (c) social mobility processes that link individuals to positions and thus generate unequal control over valued resources. 

Conclusion:

Today’s world and the pace of social change are vastly different from Karl Marx’s, Max Weber’s, or even C. Wright Mills’ time. As a result of the exchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture, globalising processes lead to rapid international integration. Advances in transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, such as the rise of the telegraph and its modern equivalent, the Internet, are important drivers of globalisation, resulting in increased economic and cultural interconnectedness.