CAS Exam MAS-II Fall 2019, Question 42
Study guide: Exam MAS-II
An actuary is using hierarchical clustering to group the following observations:
| 13 |
| 40 |
| 60 |
| 71 |
The actuary recalculates the clustering using two linkage methods: complete and average.
h_{comp}is the height of the final fuse using complete linkage.h_{avg}is the height of the final fuse using average linkage.
Calculate |h_{comp} - h_{avg}|.
- A) Less than 10
- B) At least 10, but less than 15
- C) At least 15, but less than 20
- D) At least 20, but less than 25
- E) At least 25
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