Cluster analysis for researchers

by Charles Romesburg

Headlines of 5-star reviews on Amazon.com: "A very clear'how to' book on cluster analysis" (C. Fielitz, Bristol, TN); "Anexcellent introduction to cluster analysis" (T. W. Powell, Shreveport,LA). A recent (2004) review in Journal of Classification (21:279-283)says: "We should be grateful to the author for his insistence inbringing forth important issues, which have not got yet that level ofattention they deserve. I wish this journal could devote more effortsin promoting the scientific inquiry and discussions of methodology ofclustering in scientific research [as Cluster Analysis for Researchersdoes]."