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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=LT link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-left:12.0pt;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:12.0pt;margin-bottom:3.0pt'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear Gerhard,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thank You for this suggestion!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Sincerely<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Rimantas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> traminer-users-bounces@lists.r-forge.r-project.org [mailto:traminer-users-bounces@lists.r-forge.r-project.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gerhard Wührer<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 10, 2015 1:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> traminer-users@lists.r-forge.r-project.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Traminer-users] Antw: selecting the number of clusters<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id="GroupWiseSection_1433933505000_Gerhard.Wuehrer@jku.at_2FDEB7900D0600008FFD18000A004500_"><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>please try the R - package 'nbclust' do decide how many clusters are feasable. In addition to that statistical measures, inspect the different cluster solutions by content and how meaningful interpretations are. You can also do some kind of x-square test where you align the clusters with variables not used in the cluster analysis. At least you have some kind of face validity. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Best regards - Gerhard A. Wührer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>o. Univ.-Prof. Dkfm. Dr. Gerhard A. Wührer<br>Institut für Handel, Absatz und Marketing<br>Johannes Kepler Universität Linz<br>Altenberger Str. 69<br>4040 Linz/Austria<br>tel.: 004373224689401<br>fax.:004373224689404<br>mail: <a href="mailto:gerhard.wuehrer@jku.at">gerhard.wuehrer@jku.at</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>URL: <a href="http://www.marketing.jku.at">www.marketing.jku.at</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="GroupWiseSection_1433932238000_rvosylis@live.com"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=groupwisereplyheader><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>>>> Rimantas Vosylis <<a href="mailto:rvosylis@live.com">rvosylis@live.com</a>> 10.06.2015 12:30 >>></span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Dear Traminer users,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>I am trying to build a typology of sequences by using cluster analysis with OM and Ward algorith.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>I have a problem of choosing the number of clusters. I use several empirical indexes, but they don‘t help me a lot. I use Calinski and harabasz (CH) index, but it has a peak at two cluster solution and the goes down. I also use average shilloute width but it gives me the similar results as CH index. I also run pseudo ANOVA to see which cluster solution explains most variance, but it tells me the opposite – the more the clusters the higher the pseudo R2 gets. When I look at the various plots (e.g. seqdplot) I see that the most meaningful solutions (I have several types of sequences) lie somewhere between 4-6 clusters.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Could You perhaps suggest which indexes worked best for You and matched Your expectations / theoretical knowledge and that I could use in my analysis?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Thank You in advance!!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Sincerely,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Rimantas Vosylis</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>PhD student, lecturer</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Insitute of Psychology</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Faculty of Social Technologies</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Mykolas Romeris University</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>e-mail: <a href="mailto:rimantasv@mruni.eu">rimantasv@mruni.eu</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>e-mail2: <u><span style='color:#0563C1'><a href="mailto:rvosylis@live.com">rvosylis@live.com</a></span></u></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>