Cluster Analysis

Who Should be Interviewed? A Response from Cluster Analysis

Objective: This article presents an application of cluster analysis for social sciences researches especially those studies that have an interview as part of their data collection. This application is more suitable for sequential mixed method researchers who use quantitative data to frame subsequent qualitative subsamples for conducting interviews.  Methods: In more detail, the algorithm (i....

Statistical Analysis of the Hydrogeochemical Evolution of Groundwater in Alluvial Aquifer of Arak Mighan Playa, Markazi Province, Iran

This paper presents results of hydro-chemical processes controlling groundwater chemical composition, using an integrated application of hierarchical cluster analysis and factor analysis of a major ion data set of groundwater from Mighan playa aquifer. Cluster analysis classified samples into four clusters(A, B, C and D) according to their dominant chemical composition: cluster A (dominant comp...

Functional Evaluation of Mazandaran Province Cities Using Factor Analysis, Numerical Taxonomy and Cluster Analysis

Comparing school bonding in different motivational profile in students: a person-centered analysis

the present study aimed to determine the motivational profiles (clusters) of students and to compare their school bonding considering these profiles. This study was conducted with a comparative-descriptive method. The participants were 217 high school students who completed the Rezaiisharif and colleague school bonding Questionnaire and Elliot and Mcgregor Goal oriented achievement Questionnair...

Geochemical Evaluation of Drinking Water in Arak City, Iran

This paper presents results of an assessment of dominant hydro-geochemical processes controlling groundwater chemical composition, using an integrated application of cluster analysis and factor analysis. The area is located in south of saline playa and in Arak city. Cluster analysis classified samples into two main clusters according to their dominant chemical composition: cluster A (dominant c...

Cluster management standards in Poland in the context of sustainable development

The study relates to the problem of cluster management in the conditions of sustainable development. Against the background of the assumptions and conditions for sustainable development, the specificity of the cluster activity in the conditions of the Polish economy has been presented. The objective of the paper is to characterize the cluster management standards in Poland. Such standards have ...