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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford Undated Prelims Mathematics III resit 8 b ii Solution by
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Complete-linkage clustering defines the dissimilarity between clusters in cluster analysis as . Remove point 6 and first merge 1 with 4 at height . The distances from to 2, 3, 5 are respectivelyThe next merge therefore attaches 2 at . Now the distances from to 3 and 5 are and , whereas . Merge 3 and 5 at . The final distance between the two remaining clusters in cluster analysis is the largest cross-entry, . Thus the dendrogram has merges
Cutting strictly between heights and gives the two clusters in cluster analysisThe figure is an original drawing of these computed merges.
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