What Is Affinity Grouping

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Multiple Choice

What is affinity grouping?

• A)determines values for an unknown continuous variable behavior or estimated future value
• B)determines which things go together
• C)segments a heterogeneous population of more homogeneous subgroups
• D)assigns records to one of a predefined set of classes

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