Question 3What is one of the most suitable ways to choose K when the number of clusters is unclear? 1 pointYou can start by choosing a random number of clusters. By evaluating Clustering performance such as Inertia and Distortion.By increasing the number of clusters calculating the square root. You can start by using a k nearest neighbor method.
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Question 3What is one of the most suitable ways to choose K when the number of clusters is unclear? 1 pointYou can start by choosing a random number of clusters. By evaluating Clustering performance such as Inertia and Distortion.By increasing the number of clusters calculating the square root. You can start by using a k nearest neighbor method.
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The most suitable way to choose K when the number of clusters is unclear is by evaluating clustering performance such as Inertia and Distortion. Here are the steps:
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Start by choosing a random number of clusters (K).
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Apply the clustering algorithm to the data (K-means, for example).
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Calculate the clustering performance using Inertia and Distortion. Inertia measures the sum of squared distances of samples to their closest cluster center. A lower inertia value is better. Distortion computes the average of the squared distances from the cluster centers of the respective clusters. Typically, the Euclidean distance metric is used.
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Increase the number of clusters (K) and repeat steps 2 and 3.
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Plot the results (Inertia and Distortion values) against the number of clusters. Look for the "elbow" in the plot. This is a point of inflection where the decrease in inertia/distortion becomes less pronounced. This point gives a good indication of the suitable number of clusters.
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Choose the K at the "elbow" point as the most suitable number of clusters.
Note: The K-nearest neighbor method is a type of classification algorithm and not typically used for determining the number of clusters.
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