Clustering in the field of social sciences: that is your choice

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 403-428

  Fonseca, Jaime R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

clustering techniques; good number of clusters; hierarchical cluster methods; latent class models; model selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878459822     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2012.716973     Document Type: Article

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