Which of the Following Is a Definition of Distance Between

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a definition of distance between two clusters in a complete linkage clustering?

• A) the average of distances between all pairs of objects, where each pair is made up of one object from each group
• B) the distance between the most distant pair of objects, one from each group
• C) the sum of squares of the distance between clusters
• D) the distance between the value of the shortest link between the clusters

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Definitions:

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Large-Scale Production

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Professional Bureaucracy

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