Types of Concepts according to Dubin
Relational concept
Concept can be understood only through the combination or interaction of two or more enumerative or associative concepts.
Statistical concept
Concept that relates the property of one thing in terms of its distribution in the population rate.
Summative concept
Concept that represent an entire complex entity of a phenomenon; are complex and not measurable.
Associative concept
Concepts that exist only in some conditions within a phenomenon, may have a zero value.
Enumerative concept
Examples of this concept are Age, height, weight.
Associative concept
Examples of this concept are Income, presence of disease, anxiety.
Summative concept
Examples of this concept are Nursing, health, and environment.
Statistical concept
Examples of this concept are average blood pressure, HIV prevalence rate.
Relational Concept
Examples of this concept are elderly (must combine concepts of age and longevity), mother (must combine man, woman, and birth.
Enumerative Concept
concepts are always present and universal.