Cluster size selection

Crystal manages operations for a meal delivery service in Houston, Texas. She has latitude and longitude data for meals requests in the past month. She'd like to create several new "delivery hubs" where demand has been greatest. In order to do this, she's asked a Machine Learning Scientist to use a clustering algorithm to divide the orders into groups based on their location.

The Machine Learning Scientist isn't sure how many clusters to make. On the right, run the algorithm with different numbers of clusters to see the results.

What is the most suitable number of clusters?

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We'll start the course by defining what data science is. We'll cover the data science workflow, and how data science is applied to real-world business problems. We'll finish the chapter by learning about ways to structure your data team to meet your organization's needs.

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Exercise 1: Dashboards Exercise 2: Classifying dashboard elements Exercise 3: Improving a dashboard Exercise 4: Choosing the right dashboard Exercise 5: Ad hoc analysis Exercise 6: Filling out an ad hoc request Exercise 7: Classifying requests Exercise 8: A/B Testing Exercise 9: Creating an A/B testing workflow Exercise 10: Sample size Exercise 11: Intermediate results

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