Check on the option for "dendrogram" in Minitab to see which variables/observations are close with each other .
Please remember that depending on the linkage methods (single, Ward,...) and distance measures (Euclidean, ...), the groupdings from hierachical clustering analysis will be different. You expert knowledge on the subject should guide which groupsings make sense. By the way, Ward and squared Euclidean are the most widely used linkage methods and distance measures. Also, draw lots of graphs first and do some additional analysis such as principal component analysis. Sangdon Lee, Ph.D., . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
