In Which of the Following Scenarios Would It Be Appropriate

question 11

Multiple Choice

In which of the following scenarios would it be appropriate to use hierarchical clustering?

• A)When the number of observations in the dataset is relatively high
• B)When it is not necessary to know the nesting of clusters
• C)When the number of clusters is known beforehand
• D)When binary or ordinal data needs to be clustered

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