SCENARIO 17-7 the Output Below Shows the Results of Cluster Analysis on Analysis

question 34

True/False

SCENARIO 17-7
The output below shows the results of cluster analysis on the different regions of the world (North
America, Asia Pacific, Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Middle East
& Africa)based on the amounts (in billions of US dollars)and the percentage changes from prior
year of business-to-consumer ecommerce sales last year.
17-24 Business Analytics
-True or False: Referring to Scenario 17-7, Middle East & Africa is the next region that clusters
with the Central & Eastern Europe and Latin America cluster.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, commonly the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic.

Population Parameter

A value that accurately represents a particular characteristic of an entire population.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a large number of samples drawn from a specific population.

Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values from the mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.