Validating cluster assignments.
In the absence of a statistically based assessment of cluster assignments of observations in terms of their similarity along selected variables the validity of a set of clusters could be developed if clusters withstand both empirical scrutiny and "make sense" to expert informants.
Ketchen
D J
DJ
College of Business, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1110, USA. dketchen@cob.fsu.edu
Hult
G T
GT
D016000:Cluster Analysis; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results