[R] How to validate the cluster analysis?

[Jeff Newmiller]

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Failing to post in plain text format on this list can quickly lead to miscommunication.

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On June 10, 2015 6:22:37 AM PDT, John Kane <jrkrideau at inbox.com> wrote:
>Hi Harmeet,
>
>Welcome to R-help but I think you are here too soon.  This is a list
>for helping people do things in R once they have some idea of what tey
>need to do  in terms of statistics etc.  There are mobs of stats
>experts here but this not the list you should be asking in unless I am
>misunderstanding you.
>
>
>I'd suggest reading some texts on cluster analysis and enquiring in
>http://stats.stackexchange.com/ for some opinions and help.  
>
>If I misunderstood where you are at in your project and need concrete
>advice on packages, please excuse me.  
>
>If I did misunderstand then you might find
>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example
>and http://adv-r.had.co.nz/Reproducibility.html useful resources on how
>to frame questions here.  
>
>John Kane
>Kingston ON Canada
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mylisttech at gmail.com
>> Sent: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:58:22 +0530
>> To: r-help at r-project.org, r-devel at r-project.org
>> Subject: [R] How to validate the cluster analysis?
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> I am new to the world of statistics. I am interested in finding out
>the
>> validation techniques employed on a cluster analysis. Any point of
>> reference or site would be helpful. I have read about the clValid
>package
>> and usage of the function on cluster.stats() in the fpc package.
>> 
>> Thanks in Advance,
>> Harmeet
>> 
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