Which of the Following Data-Mining Techniques Identifies Clusters of Observations

question 82

Multiple Choice

Which of the following data-mining techniques identifies clusters of observations with similar characteristics?

• A) Case reasoning
• B) Rule discovery
• C) Clustering and signal processing
• D) Neural nets

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