Which of the Following Is Not a Procedure to Check

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a procedure to check the quality of clustering results?

• A) Use the same method of clustering and compare the results.
• B) Split the data randomly into halves.Perform clustering separately on each half.Compare cluster centroids across the two subsamples.
• C) Perform cluster analysis on the same data using different distance measures.Compare the results across measures to determine the stability of the solutions.
• D) Delete variables randomly.Perform clustering based on the reduced set of variables.Compare the results with those obtained by clustering based on the entire set of variables.

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