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Cluster analysis in community research: Epistemology and practice

Rapkin, Bruce D., Luke, Douglas A.·1993·American Journal of Community Psychology
DOI 10.1007/bf00941623
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Cluster analysis refers to a family of methods for identifying cases with distinctive characteristics in heterogeneous samples and combining them into homogeneous groups. This approach provides a great deal of information about the types of cases and the distributions of variables in a sample. This paper considers cluster analysis as a quantitative complement to the traditional linear statistics that often characterize community psychology research. Cluster analysis emphasizes diversity rather than central tendency. This makes it a valuable tool for a wide range of familiar problems in community research. A number of these applications are considered here, including the assessment of change over time, network composition, network density, person‐setting relationships, and community diversity. A User's Guide section is included, which outlines the major decisions involved in a basic cluster analyses. Despite difficulties associated with the identification of optimal cluster solutions, carefully planned, theoretically informed application of cluster analysis has much to offer community researchers.

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Authors
Rapkin, B. D., & Luke, D. A.
Venue
American Journal of Community Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1993-04
Volume
21
Issue
2
Pages
247-277
ISSN
  • 0091-0562 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2770
DOI
10.1007/bf00941623
OpenAlex
W1989894849
Cited by
258
References
39
FWCI
6.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)

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