Yes, of course. But since the initial question referred the use of dist(), (I suppose with Euclidean distances) and hclust on a matrix with a priori known groups, discriminant analysis seemed adequate to me. It was only a suggestion, without having much detail about the problem. Thanks, Rafael
Ron Michael wrote: > --> > Hi Rafael, > > What about multivariate logistic regression? > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Rafael Duarte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Anders Malmendal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 3:21:11 PM > Subject: Re: [R] hierarhical cluster analysis of groups of vectors > > It seems that you have already groups defined. > Discriminant analysis would probably be more appropriate for what you > want. > Best regards, > Rafael Duarte > > > > Anders Malmendal wrote: > > >I want to do hierarchical cluster analysis to compare 10 groups of > >vectors with five vectors in each group (i.e. I want to make a dendogram > >showing the clustering of the different groups). I've looked into using > >dist and hclust, but cannot see how to compare the different groups > >instead of the individual vectors. I am thankful for any help. > >Anders > > > >______________________________________________ > >[email protected] mailing list > >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > > > > -- > Rafael Duarte > Marine Resources Department - DRM > IPIMAR - National Research Institute for Agriculture and Fisheries > Av. BrasÃlia, 1449-006 Lisbon - Portugal > Tel:+351 21 302 7000 Fax:+351 21 301 5948 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- Rafael Duarte Marine Resources Department - DRM IPIMAR - National Research Institute for Agriculture and Fisheries Av. BrasÃlia, 1449-006 Lisbon - Portugal Tel:+351 21 302 7000 Fax:+351 21 301 5948 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
