Which of the Following Is True of Hierarchical Clustering

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of hierarchical clustering?

• A) All observations are put in a mega-cluster to begin with.
• B) Each of the large clusters is broken down iteratively.
• C) It is a bottom-up approach to clustering.
• D) At the end of the process, observations in the same cluster have maximum distance.

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