Practice Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (bottom-up Approach) (5.5.1) - Unsupervised Learning & Dimensionality Reduction (Weeks 9)
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Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (Bottom-Up Approach)

Practice - Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (Bottom-Up Approach)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering?

💡 Hint: Think about how it compares to starting with one large group.

Question 2 Easy

Name a linkage method in AHC.

💡 Hint: Consider the different ways clusters can be compared.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering start with?

One large cluster
Several small clusters
A random selection of clusters

💡 Hint: Think about how clustering usually starts.

Question 2

True or False? Dendrograms can help in determining the number of clusters.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the purpose of a dendrogram.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Assume you have a dataset with various customer purchase patterns. Outline how you would apply Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering to segment these customers, including your choice of linkage method and how you would interpret the resulting dendrogram.

💡 Hint: Consider how different segments can influence marketing strategies.

Challenge 2 Hard

Describe a scenario where AHC failed to provide meaningful clusters compared to K-Means. What factors contributed to this outcome?

💡 Hint: Think about how clustering methods are impacted by data characteristics.

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