The example data is the USA violent crime data previously analyzed via the Principal components analysis section in Chapter 14, Principal Components and Factor Analysis. Recall that the data consists of state-level data for the 50 states of the USA and also the District of Columbia. The data came from the year 2014, the most recent year available on our source website. For a full description of the data, see Chapter 14, Principal Components and Factor Analysis.
The goal is to use the seven crime rate variables as inputs in a hierarchical cluster analysis. The variables are:
- MurderandManslaughterRate
- RevisedRapeRate
- RobberyRate
- AggravatedAssaultRate
- BurglaryRate
- Larceny_TheftRate
- MotorVehicleTheftRate
The overall problem size is small. The data is complete; there is no missing data. We are primarily interested in description, and there is...
