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Table 2 Standardized centers from 15-cluster solution and a new center found in the 16-cluster solution

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Centers

Answers

Questions

Comments

Activity

MUAnswers

MUQuestions

MUComments

Distribution to

    

duration

   

the mean point

Center 1

-0.10

-0.08

-0.07

-0.15

0.14

0.69

-0.20

0.76

Center 2

-0.09

-0.20

-0.09

-0.18

0.17

-0.47

-0.20

0.62

Center 3 a

-0.09

0.06

-0.06

-0.10

0.19

0.01

-0.1

0.31

Center 4

-0.07

-0.28

-0.09

-0.19

-1.82

-0.44

-0.20

1.92

Center 5 a

0.01

0.25

0.01

0.12

-1.14

0.36

-0.02

1.23

Center 6 a

-0.05

-0.29

-0.09

-0.17

-0.87

-0.45

-0.20

1.06

Center 7

0.03

-0.12

0.00

0.06

0.27

-0.04

7.10

7.11

Center 8 a

0.12

-0.02

0.06

0.22

0.18

0.19

1.16

1.21

Center 9

0.06

0.02

0.03

0.11

0.12

9.71

0.77

9.75

Center 10 a

-0.07

-0.05

-0.05

-0.10

0.14

2.77

-0.05

2.77

Center 11

2.93

1.07

2.43

4.67

0.27

0.72

0.82

6.22

Center 12

23.40

5.35

24.78

22.13

0.45

1.02

0.79

41.01

Center 13 a

0.14

2.52

0.34

1.07

0.29

0.42

0.09

2.81

Center 15 (new in 15-cluster solution)

1.03

13.61

2.25

4.90

-0.03

0.67

0.14

14.69

Center 14

-0.06

-0.13

-0.07

-0.10

2.13

-0.11

-0.13

2.15

New center in 16-cluster solution a

-0.06

-0.28

-0.09

-0.17

1.71

-0.45

-0.20

1.8

  1. Each center identified by Ward algorithm is listed in groups formed based on their similarity (Euclidian distance). aThe center was excluded from the final center set (initial seed for k-means). The italicized values indicate a distinct metric of the respective center.