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dalyningkenk

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Separate error rates with respect to the false negative and false positive cases are computed to take into account the
 a. asymmetric costs in misclassification. b. symmetric weights of these two cases.
  c. distortions due to outliers. d. effect of sampling error.

Question 2

Single linkage can be used to measure the distance between clusters that are the _______________ in cluster analysis.
 a. most similar
 
  b. most different
  c. farthest apart
 
  d. closest



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Answer to Question 1

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RATIONALE: Separate error rates with respect to the false negative and false positive cases are computed to take into account the asymmetric costs in misclassification.

Answer to Question 2

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RATIONALE: Single linkage is a measure of calculating dissimilarity between clusters by considering only the two closest observations in the two clusters.





 

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