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In cluster analysis should I scale (standardize) my data if variables are in the same units?
I am performing cluster analysis (k-means and hierarchical) based on multiple variables. Each variable is in percentage 0-100% and the sum of all variables is at most 100%.
I see that in many of the ...
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Standardizing some features in K-Means
I have 21 features in my dataset, some features are more important than others. As a fact I know, if I don't standardize (mean=0, SD=1) any features, then features with low variance will have slightly ...
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Standardizing non-normal data for use in distance-based classifier
I have a dataset containing non-normally distributed variables that I want to feed into a distance-based classifier (e.g. K-means). Is it ok to just subtract the mean and divide by the standard ...
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