Additional Example of K Means Cluster Platform

This example uses the Iris.jmp sample data table, which includes measurements of sepal length, sepal width, petal length, and petal width for three species of irises.

Select Help > Sample Data Library and open Iris.jmp.

Select Analyze > Clustering > K Means Cluster.

Select Sepal length, Sepal width, Petal length, and Petal width and click Y, Columns.

Click OK.

Select Self Organizing Map from the Method menu on the Control Panel.

Set N Rows equal to 1 and N Columns equal to 2.

Click Go.

Open the Control Panel Report.

Set N Rows equal to 1 and N Columns equal to 3.

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Click Go.

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Open the Control Panel Report.

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Set N Rows equal to 2 and N Columns equal to 2.

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Click Go.

Figure 12.10 SOM Cluster Comparison

The Cluster Comparison report appears at the top of the report window. The best fit is determined by the highest CCC value. Notice the number of clusters that gives the largest CCC is 3, which is the number of species.

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Scroll to the SOM Grid 1 by 3 report. We can see the classification was not perfect; each cluster should represent each species, with 50 rows for each.

Figure 12.11 Self-Organizing Map Report for Iris.jmp

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In the data table, select the Species column and select Rows > Color or Mark by Column.

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Select the Classic option under Markers.

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Click OK.

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Click the red triangle menu next to SOM Grid 1 by 3 and select Biplot.

Figure 12.12 SOM Biplot

We can see that all rows from Cluster 3 are correctly identified as the setosa species. The other two species, virginica and versicolor, overlap slightly and can be mistaken for each other.