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On Grouping for Maximum Homogeneity

Fisher, Walter D.·1958·Journal of the American Statistical Association

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Given a set of arbitrary numbers, what is a practical procedure for grouping them so that the variance within groups is minimized? An answer to this question, including a description of an automatic computer program, is given for problems up to the size where 200 numbers are to be placed in 10 groups. Two basic types of problem are discussed and illustrated. * This paper is the result of work supported by the Social Science Research Council and by the Bureau of General Research of Kansas State College; also by the courtesies extended to the author by the University of Illinois when he visited there during the summer of 1956. The author gratefully acknowledges the helpful suggestions he received from W. A. Neiswanger, Kern Dickman, and D. B. Gillies of the University of Illinois; from J. I. Northam, now with the Upjohn Company; and from Henry Tucker, now of the University of Arizona.

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Authors
Fisher, W. D.
Venue
Journal of the American Statistical Association
Published
1958-12
Volume
53
Issue
284
Pages
789-798
ISSN
  • 0162-1459 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-274X
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881
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journal article
Language
en
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