In hierarchical clustering, what does 'agglomerative' mean?
Correct Answer: Agglomerative means starting with individual points and merging them.
- Step 1: Understand that hierarchical clustering is a method of grouping data points based on their similarities.
- Step 2: Know that 'agglomerative' means starting with individual data points as separate clusters.
- Step 3: Realize that in agglomerative clustering, you look for the closest clusters and merge them together.
- Step 4: Continue merging clusters until all data points are combined into one large cluster or until a desired number of clusters is reached.
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