Clustering analysis is a statistical technique used to arrange cases in categories so that the cases in each category are similar to each other and different from cases in other categories. Each category is a cluster. Social scientists use SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) to conduct cluster analyses. In K-Means clustering the researcher designates the number of clusters desired. K is the number of clusters researchers indicate they want. K-Means clustering allows researchers to cluster very large data sets. Tips Writer Bio
