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Finally, you can use a number of measures, described in this part, to evaluate the goodness of the clustering results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.datanovia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/dn-tutorials\/004-cluster-validation\/images\/cluster-validation-essentials.png\" alt=\"Cluster validation\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this course, you will learn the following contents. We also provide practical examples in R software:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Assessing clustering tendency<\/em> using visual and statistical methods<\/li>\n<li><em>Determining the optimal number of clusters<\/em> using elbow method, cluster silhouette analysis and gap statistics<\/li>\n<li><em>Cluster validation statistics<\/em> using internal and external measures (silhouette coefficients and Dunn index)<\/li>\n<li><em>Choosing the best clustering algorithms<\/em>. 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