The phrase "dichotomous categorization" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to dividing something into two distinct categories or groups. Example: The researcher used a dichotomous categorization to classify the survey responses into either "agree" or "disagree" categories.
In contrast, Rosumek et al. [28] found differences between tropical and temperate systems in measures of both herbivory and reproduction, possibly because they used a dichotomous categorization of latitude (tropical v. temperate) rather than finer-scale categorical or continuous characterization of habitat.
The dichotomous categorization of speeding was used due to data limitations related to large quantities of missing data on actual vehicle speed.
A dichotomous categorization of drugs was considered according to the delay between ICU admission and drug prescription: either at most a month or more.
Although some works integrate such new facets as different process stages (Chowdhury 2002) or contextual interdependencies (Castrogiovanni and Bruton 2000), corporate turnaround research seems to adhere to this dichotomous categorization of organizational change.
Due to the dichotomous categorization of bMCU test items as either correct or wrong, a person's probability and complementary probability of solving each bMCU test item can be derived from counting correct items.
Thus, we chose the dichotomous categorization to support a more parsimonious model in light of our limited sample size.
Dichotomous categorizations range from non-drastic to drastic (Arrow 1962), incremental to radical (Freeman 1994), or sustaining to disruptive (Christensen 1997).
Use of dichotomous categorizations may affect the resulting associations, since employees with relatively long working hours are included in the exposure group or the reference group depending on the cutoff point chosen.
Dichotomous categorizations that rely on arbitrary cut off points such as 80% adherence, maybe less helpful, compared to a scale, when used by health care professionals for continuous monitoring of patients over time in order to increase adherence to a level that allows optimal therapeutic benefit.
The dichotomous low and high categorization of complexity and novelty imply relative levels of difficulty that are simplifications of subtle gradations open to interpretation.
The dichotomous outcome variable represented categorization of responses to the question "How long ago did you have your most recent mammogram?".
