Dissimilarity Ratio in Cluster Analysis

[Achita Muthitacharoen]

I am working on a project using cluster analysis and came across one
statistics called "Dissimilarity Ratio". I cannot find any stat book that
discusses about this in detail. I'd appreciate your help explaining how to
calculate such a statistics. Any tips or references will be very useful.

Regards,
Achita

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[sreeharishm]

Hi
    Dissimilarity ratio or degree of disproportion is used to calculate the systemic disassociation between the categorical data. It shows you how much the two different categorical data are different in a  particular context. To understand clearly, try this link: http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/fisher.html

Sree.
                                                   

Achita Muthitacharoen wrote

I am working on a project using cluster analysis and came across one
statistics called "Dissimilarity Ratio". I cannot find any stat book that
discusses about this in detail. I'd appreciate your help explaining how to
calculate such a statistics. Any tips or references will be very useful.

Regards,
Achita

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