Re: Cluster analysis expert needed

Posted by SSiSSa on Oct 15, 2014; 5:49am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Cluster-analysis-expert-needed-tp5727586p5727594.html

Thank you for your response,

I was planning to use binary variables to be able to use hierarchical cluster analysis and I was also going to use the two step cluster method to give a more robust explanation in the decision for choosing a number of groups.

Based on that number of groups, I was then planning to analyse differences in employment characteristics and claims on benefits so the demographic features will help me to understand those differences using again those two methods.

Yes, I mean cases in employment and not in employment.

I am not too sure if this is feasible or not, should I choose other methods? I was inclined toward clustering techniques because it will differentiate groups of cases as a whole (considering all the variables at once) and not dismembering variables and their explanatory strength in the analysis. Would This be feasible?

Thank you for your help