Choose Index below for a list of all words and phrases defined in this glossary.


Cluster Analysis

index | Index

Cluster Analysis - definition(s)

Cluster analysis - Process of grouping data into clusters through data analysis.

[Category=Database Marketing ]

Source: DBG, 02 May 2011 08:02:17, http://www.dbg.co.uk/glossary/1015 External


These advertisers support this free service


cluster analysis - [statistics] A statistical classification technique for dividing a population into relatively homogeneous groups. The similarities between members belonging to a class, or cluster, are high; while similarities between members belonging to different clusters are low. Cluster analysis is frequently used in market analysis for consumer segmentation and locating customers, but it is also applied to other fields.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: esri, 21 February 2012 09:14:13, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation External


Clustering analysis – the process of identifying objects that are similar to each other and cluster them in order to understand the differences as well as the similarities within the data.

[Category=Big Data ]

Source: BigData-Startup, 22 September 2013 09:05:28, http://www.bigdata-startups.com/abc-big-data-glossary-terminology External  

 

   


Data Quality Glossary.  A free resource from GRC Data Intelligence. For comments, questions or feedback: dqglossary@grcdi.nl