Cluster Analysis

1. Auflage 1984
ISBN: 978-0-8039-2376-8
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, Band 44, 88 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 126 g

Reihe: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences

Although clustering—the classification of objects into meaningful sets—is an important procedure in the social sciences today, cluster analysis as a multivariate statistical procedure is poorly understood by many social scientists. This volume is an introduction to cluster analysis for social scientists and students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aldenderfer, Mark S.

Blashfield, Roger K.

Blashfield, Roger K. (Knoll)

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Computeranwendungen in der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Similarity Measures
A Review of Clustering Methods
Validation Techniques
Cluster Analysis Software and the Literature on Clustering

Über Autor(innen)

Blashfield, Roger K. (Knoll)
My research focus is the classification of psychopathology. Within this area of interest, my publications have emphasized taxonomy (theories of classification), cluster analysis, scientometrics, and how clinicians use classificatory concepts.