A comparison of maximum covariance and k-means cluster analysis in classifying cases into known taxon groups

Psychological Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-261

  Beauchaine, Theodore P ^b   Beauchaine III, Robert J ^a  

^a Etec Systems   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85047669234     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.7.2.245     Document Type: Article

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