To Use Cluster Analysis for Clustering Variables to Identify Homogeneous

question 57

Multiple Choice

To use cluster analysis for clustering variables to identify homogeneous groups, the researcher could do all of the following except .

• A) using the correlation coefficient as a measure of similarity between variables
• B) using the variables as the units of analysis
• C) inserting communalities in the diagonal of the correlation matrix
• D) both A and B

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