We check clusters in a couple of ways--testing against a split half and using the cluster results in a discriminant analysis to see if it predicts the variables
from which the clusters are derived--Here's a link to a memo on our process for clustering.
http://www.chestnut.org/LI/downloads/training_memos/Cluster.pdf
Melissa
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| Any ideas about testing the adequacy of cluster solutions? Im doing cluster analysis with a combinations of categorical and continuous variables.
Thank you.
Eins
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