Unsupervised Learning (Clustering-based Customer Segmentation)

Hierarchical Clustering

Learning Outcome

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Differentiate linkage methods.

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Find optimal number of clusters.

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Interpret dendrograms.

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Understand Agglomerative clustering process.

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Compare Hierarchical Clustering with K-Means.

The Agglomerative Dance

The Secret Weapon: The Dendrogram

Finding 'K': Slicing the Tree

 The Math: How Do Groups Measure Distance?

Pros & Cons Cheat Sheet

Summary

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Ward’s method keeps clusters compact.

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Cut the tree to find optimal clusters.

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Dendrogram shows merge history and distances.

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Bottom-up clustering (each point → one cluster → merge).

Quiz

What does dendrogram height represent?

A. Number of data points

B. Distance between clusters

C. Processing time

D. Accuracy

Quiz-Answer

What does dendrogram height represent?

A. Number of data points

B. Distance between clusters

C. Processing time

D. Accuracy

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