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Investigative Techniques > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Cluster Analysis
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Preferred term

Cluster Analysis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A set of statistical methods used to group variables or observations into strongly inter-related subgroups. In epidemiology, it may be used to analyze a closely grouped series of events or cases of disease or other health-related phenomenon with well-defined distribution patterns in relation to time or place or both.

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Clustering

In other languages

  • Analyse de regroupements

    French

  • Agrégation de cas
  • Analyse d'agrégats
  • Analyse de grappes
  • Analyse par grappes
  • Analyse par segments
  • Analyse typologique
  • Concentration de cas
  • Regroupement de cas

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