REPORT :CLUSTERING AN UNDERGRADUATE COURSE IN CLUSTERIN G Ralph Stinebrickne r Department of Mathematic s Berea Colleg e Berea, Kentucky 4040 4 Introductio n During a four week January term at Berea College, eac h student works full time on one course or project, and eac h instructor directs one course . A course offering during th e January 1978 Short Term was entitled "Introduction to Cluste r Analysis" and its catalog description read as follows : In cluster analysis, techniques are developed t o identify "natural" clusters in a body of data . This course will investigate some of these techniques and their computer implementation . Greate r emphasis will be placed on application than o n theoretical development . Both the IBM 1130 on campu s and the University of Kentucky computer system wil l be employed but no previous computer experience wil l be assumed . Cluster analysis has applications in a wide variety of fields, including the life sciences , behavorial sciences, earth sciences, economics an d business . . . . The prerequisite for t he course was the equivalent of elevent h grade algebra . Enrolled in the course were seventeen students
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An undergraduate course in clustering
Stinebrickner, Ralph
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