Question

Which statement accurately describes partitional clustering? a) Partitional clustering involves overlapping subsets (clusters) of data objects. b) Partitional clustering involves partitioning data objects into non-overlapping subsets (clusters). c) Partitional clustering allows data objects to belong to multiple clusters simultaneously. d) Partitional clustering does not involve clustering data objects.

Answer 1

Answer: b) Partitional clustering involves partitioning data objects into non-overlapping subsets (clusters).

Partitional clustering is a type of clustering algorithm in which data objects are divided into distinct and non-overlapping clusters. Each data object belongs to only one cluster in partitional clustering. This distinguishes it from hierarchical clustering, which allows for overlapping clusters or hierarchical relationships between clusters.