K-Means Clustering Is the Process of

question 38

Multiple Choice

k-means clustering is the process of

• A)agglomerating observations into a series of nested groups based on a measure of similarity.
• B)organizing observations into distinct groups based on a measure of similarity.
• C)reducing the number of variables to consider in data-mining.
• D)estimating the value of a continuous outcome variable.

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