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Re: method to find two groups in population

by Richard Ulrich <Rich.Ulrich@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 8, 2008 at 07:10 PM

On Wed, 7 May 2008 14:59:36 -0700 (PDT), Alex  Lee
<simplitia@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Dear all:
> Is there a way that I can find (mine) two groups in a given
> population.  An example would be something like this:
> women drinks 2x more water than men.
> A study was conducted and a set of data was given as such.
> 
> person 1: 1 liter
> person 2: 1.2 liter
> person 3: 500 ml
> person 4: 2 liter
> person 5: 200 ml
> person 6: 700 ml
> 
> A computer mining program will then group
> person 1,2,4 as group A
> person 3, 5, 6 as group B
> 
> Is this possible?

Sort them in order.  Draw a line.
If you want, you can evaluate a statistic that measures
the distance achieved between groups.

-- 
Rich Ulrich 

http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html
 




 3 Posts in Topic:
method to find two groups in population
Alex Lee <simplitia@[  2008-05-07 14:59:36 
Re: method to find two groups in population
Richard Ulrich <Rich.U  2008-05-08 19:10:07 
Re: method to find two groups in population
JoJo <jojoNOSPAMPLEASE  2008-05-09 19:39:09 

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