HierarchicalClusterAnalysis..::..Standardize Property

HierarchicalClusterAnalysis Class See Also

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the variables should be standardized before the clustering is computed.

Namespace: Extreme.Statistics.Multivariate
Assembly: Extreme.Numerics.Net40 (in Extreme.Numerics.Net40.dll) Version: 4.2.11333.0 (4.2.12253.0)

Syntax

C#
public bool Standardize { get; set; }

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property Standardize As Boolean Get Set

Visual C++
public: property bool Standardize { bool get (); void set (bool value); }

F#
member Standardize : bool with get, set

Remarks

The default value for this property is trueTruetruetrue (True in Visual Basic).

When variables are unequally scaled, some variables will make a larger contribution to the distance than others. This can distort the clustering. To avoid this problem, the variables can be standardized so they all contribute equally to the distance.