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Quiz by Michael Jardine, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Michael Jardine
over 5 years ago
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Question 1
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Options 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.
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Metric
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Non-metric
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Parametric
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Non-parametric
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Metric
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Non-metric
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Parametric
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Non-Parametric
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Metric
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Non-metric
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Parametric
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Non-parametric
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Metric
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Non-metric
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Parametric
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Non-parametric
Question 2
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nMDS = [blank_start]____________[blank_end] [blank_start]____________[blank_end] [blank_start]____________[blank_end] [blank_start]____________[blank_end].
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non-metric
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non-
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nominal
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non-parametric
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-metric
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multidimensional
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multi-
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measurement
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-dimensional
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decision
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dissimilarity
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scaling
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system
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species
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similarity
Question 3
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Clustering methods can be:
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Hierarchical
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Non-hierarchical
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Either of the above
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None of the above
Question 4
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Clustering methods can be:
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Agglomerative
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Divisive
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Either of the above
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None of the above
Question 5
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In ecology and systematics, “cluster analysis” usually refers to [blank_start]____________[blank_end] [blank_start]____________[blank_end].
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Agglomerative
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Divisive
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Hierarchical
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Non-hierarchical
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