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Preferred term

Cluster Analysis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Clustering
  • Clusterings

Note

  • usually NIM

Scope note

  • A set of statistical methods used to group variables or observations into strongly inter-related subgroups. In epidemiology, it may be used to analyze a closely grouped series of events or cases of disease or other health-related phenomenon with well-defined distribution patterns in relation to time or place or both.

History note

  • 90; CLUSTERING was see SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING 1978-89

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016000

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