The Centroid Method Is a Variance Method of Hierarchical Clustering

question 9

True/False

The centroid method is a variance method of hierarchical clustering in which the distance between two clusters is the distance between their centroids (means for all the variables).

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Proactive Outreach

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Comparative Effectiveness

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Meta-analytic Studies

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