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BIOL2022 L21 Cluster analysis

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1Options for (dis)similarity:
[blank_start]____________[blank_end] (continuous) vs. [blank_start]____________[blank_end] (nominal, ordinal).
Bray-Curtis is a popular example of a [blank_start]____________[blank_end] dissimilarity measure.
Euclidean distance is an example of a [blank_start]____________[blank_end] dissimilarity measure.
1. AMetric
2. BNon-metric
3. CParametric
4. DNon-parametric
5. EMetric
6. FNon-metric
7. GParametric
8. HNon-Parametric
9. IMetric
10. JNon-metric
11. KParametric
12. LNon-parametric
13. MMetric
14. NNon-metric
15. OParametric
16. PNon-parametric
2nMDS = [blank_start]____________[blank_end] [blank_start]____________[blank_end] [blank_start]____________[blank_end] [blank_start]____________[blank_end].
1. Anon-metric
2. Bnon-
3. Cnominal
4. Dnon-parametric
5. E-metric
6. Fmultidimensional
7. Gmulti-
8. Hmeasurement
9. I-dimensional
10. Jdecision
11. Kdissimilarity
12. Lscaling
13. Msystem
14. Nspecies
15. Osimilarity
3Clustering methods can be:
1. AHierarchical
2. BNon-hierarchical
3. CEither of the above
4. DNone of the above
4Clustering methods can be:
1. AAgglomerative
2. BDivisive
3. CEither of the above
4. DNone of the above
5In ecology and systematics, “cluster analysis” usually refers to [blank_start]____________[blank_end] [blank_start]____________[blank_end].
1. AAgglomerative
2. BDivisive
3. CHierarchical
4. DNon-hierarchical

Description: Module 3, Lecture 3 Outline: • Distance matrices • Transformations and standardisations • Cluster analysis o Types of questions o Carrying it out o Interpreting it
Author: Michael Jardine
Language: English
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