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statistical cluster
sta·tis·ti·cal clus·ter
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(cluster analysis) A set of statistical methods used to group variables or observations into strongly inter-related subgroups. In epidemiology, it may be used to analyze a closely grouped series of events or cases of disease or other health-related phenomenon with well-defined distribution patterns in relation to time or place or both.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(cluster analysis) Methods for grouping objects into subsets such that those within each cluster are more closely related to one another than objects assigned to different clusters.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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