Hierarchical clustering techniques appropriate in this case? Dear Ecolog-Listers:
I have a big dataset (over 150 cases) of old books on topic A. For each book, some 20 characteristics (mostly pertaining to their contents) have been collected. I would like to generate a little "phylogeny" of these books. My first thought was to use standard phylogenetic techniques yet in discussing the matters with colleagues in statistics they suggested to use hierarchical clustering techniques. If you have any recommendations on the matter, could you send it directly to me? blayjo...@gmail.com Apologies for potential duplicate emails. Gratefully, Jorge Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD blaypublishers.com 1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in *LEB* http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/ 2. Free examples of papers published in *LEB*: http://blaypublishers.com/category/previous-issues/. 3. *Guidelines for Authors* and page charges of *LEB*: http://blaypublishers.com/archives/ *.* 4. Want to subscribe to *LEB*? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/ http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm
