| Index | ||||
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Cluster solution | Silhouette ↑ | C-index ↓ | Dunn index ↑ | BIC ↓ | Davies-Bouldin index ↓ |
2 Clusters | 0.14 | 0.37 | 0.20 | 885,194.80 | 2.58 |
3 Clusters | 0.12 | Inf | 0.20 | 1,063,109.00* | 3.75 |
4 Clusters | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.21 | −80,894.13 | 1.95 |
5 Clusters | 0.17 | 0.28 | 0.21 | −41,601.08 | 1.81 |
6 Clusters | 0.15 | Inf | 0.22* | − 8587.70 | 1.70 |
7 Clusters | 0.18 | 0.24* | 0.21 | 11,532.30 | 1.65* |
8 Clusters | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 36,644.75 | 1.72 |
9 Clusters | 0.21* | 0.24* | 0.21 | 54,450.64 | 1.75 |