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The words '''profile''' or '''profiling''' relate to the collection of information about a subject from a number of points of view and the collating the findings in an overall description. [[Extrapolation]] in terms of prediction of a person's [[thoughts]], [[feelings]] or [[behavior]], based on the initial assessment may then follow.
The word profile may relate to:
 
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* [[Demographic profile]]
 
* [[Developmental profile]]
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* [[Forensic profiling]], used in several types of [[forensic science]]s
 
* [[Linguistic profiling]]
 
* [[Profile (measurement)]]
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* [[Profiling of political leaders]]
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* [[Offender profiling]]
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* [[Racial profiling]]
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==See also==
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* [[Profiling practices]]
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*[[Demographic profile]]
 
*[[Developmental profile]]
 
*[[Profile (measurement))]]
 
*[[Offender profiling]]
 
   
   

Latest revision as of 11:04, 22 September 2012

The words profile or profiling relate to the collection of information about a subject from a number of points of view and the collating the findings in an overall description. Extrapolation in terms of prediction of a person's thoughts, feelings or behavior, based on the initial assessment may then follow.


See also