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    Cluster analysis is a technique used to classify objects into homogeneous groups called clusters where objects within each cluster are similar to each other and dissimilar to objects in other clusters. There are several statistics associated with cluster analysis including agglomeration schedules, cluster centroids, cluster membership, and dendrograms. Conducting cluster analysis involves formulating the problem, selecting distance and clustering procedures, deciding the number of clusters, interpreting results, and validating clusters. Common clustering procedures include hierarchical, nonhierarchical, and partitioning methods that use linkage or variance approaches.

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    Cluster analysis is a technique used to classify objects into homogeneous groups called clusters where objects within each cluster are similar to each other and dissimilar to objects in other clusters. There are several statistics associated with cluster analysis including agglomeration schedules, cluster centroids, cluster membership, and dendrograms. Conducting cluster analysis involves formulating the problem, selecting distance and clustering procedures, deciding the number of clusters, interpreting results, and validating clusters. Common clustering procedures include hierarchical, nonhierarchical, and partitioning methods that use linkage or variance approaches.

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    Cluster analysis is a technique used to classify objects into homogeneous groups called clusters where objects within each cluster are similar to each other and dissimilar to objects in other clusters. There are several statistics associated with cluster analysis including agglomeration schedules, cluster centroids, cluster membership, and dendrograms. Conducting cluster analysis involves formulating the problem, selecting distance and clustering procedures, deciding the number of clusters, interpreting results, and validating clusters. Common clustering procedures include hierarchical, nonhierarchical, and partitioning methods that use linkage or variance approaches.

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    Cluster analysis is a technique used to classify objects into homogeneous groups called clusters where objects within each cluster are similar to each other and dissimilar to objects in other clusters. There are several statistics associated with cluster analysis including agglomeration schedules, cluster centroids, cluster membership, and dendrograms. Conducting cluster analysis involves formulating the problem, selecting distance and clustering procedures, deciding the number of clusters, interpreting results, and validating clusters. Common clustering procedures include hierarchical, nonhierarchical, and partitioning methods that use linkage or variance approaches.

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    What is cluster analysis?

    Cluster analysis is a techniques used to classify objects or cases into relatively homogeneous groups called clusters. Objects in each cluster tend to be similar to each other and dissimilar to objects in the other clusters.

    Statistics Associated with Cluster Analysis


    Agglomeration schedule. An agglomeration schedule gives information on the objects or cases being combined at each stage of a hierarchical clustering process. Cluster centroid. The cluster centroid is the mean values of the variables for all the cases or objects in a particular cluster. Cluster centers. The cluster centers are the initial starting points in nonhierarchical clustering. Clusters are built around these centers, or seeds. Cluster membership. Cluster membership indicates the cluster to which each object or case belongs.

    Statistics Associated with Cluster Analysis


    Dendrogram. A dendrogram, or tree graph, is a graphical device for displaying clustering results. Vertical lines represent clusters that are joined together. The position of the line on the scale indicates the distances at which clusters were joined. The dendrogram is read from left to right. Distances between cluster centers. These distances indicate how separated the individual pairs of clusters are. Clusters that are widely separated are distinct, and therefore desirable.

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    Conducting Cluster Analysis


    Formulate the Problem Select a Distance Measure Select a Clustering Procedure

    Decide on the Number of Clusters


    Interpret and Profile Clusters Assess the Validity of Clustering

    Clustering Procedures
    Hierarchical Agglomerative Divisive Nonhierarchical

    Sequential
    Threshold

    Threshold Centroid Methods

    Parallel

    Partitioning

    Optimizing

    Linkage
    Methods

    Variance Methods
    Wards Method

    Single

    Complete

    Average

    Select a Clustering Procedure Hierarchical


    Hierarchical clustering is characterized by the development of a hierarchy or tree-like structure. Hierarchical methods can be agglomerative or divisive. Agglomerative clustering starts with each object in a separate cluster. Clusters are formed by grouping objects into bigger and bigger clusters. This process is continued until all objects are members of a single cluster. Divisive clustering starts with all the objects grouped in a single cluster. Clusters are divided or split until each object is in a separate cluster.

    Select a Clustering Procedure Linkage Method


    The single linkage method is based on minimum distance, or the nearest neighbor rule. At every stage, the distance between two clusters is the distance between their two closest points The complete linkage method is similar to single linkage, except that it is based on the maximum distance or the furthest neighbor approach. In complete linkage, the distance between two clusters is calculated as the distance between their two furthest points. The average linkage method works similarly. However, in this method, the distance between two clusters is defined as the average of the distances between all pairs of objects, where one member of the pair is from each of the clusters

    Linkage Methods of Clustering


    Single Linkage
    Minimum Distance Cluster 1 Cluster 2

    Complete Linkage
    Maximum Distance

    Cluster 1

    Average Linkage

    Cluster 2

    Average Distance Cluster 1 Cluster 2

    Select a Clustering Procedure Variance Method


    The variance methods attempt to generate clusters to minimize the within-cluster variance. A commonly used variance method is the Ward's procedure. For each cluster, the means for all the variables are computed. Then, for each object, the squared Euclidean distance to the cluster means is calculated (Figure 20.6). These distances are summed for all the objects. At each stage, the two clusters with the smallest increase in the overall sum of squares within cluster distances are combined. In the centroid methods, the distance between two clusters is the distance between their centroids (means for all the variables), as shown in Figure 20.6. Every time objects are grouped, a new centroid is computed.

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