The ________ Is a Nonhierarchical Method That Allows for Later

question 13

Multiple Choice

The ________ is a nonhierarchical method that allows for later reassignment of objects to clusters to optimize an overall criterion.

• A)optimizing partitioning method
• B)sequential threshold method
• C)parallel threshold method
• D)Ward's procedure

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