Hello,
Struggling a bit here, hope I chose the right forum place.
I am trying to cluster cells (1x1km) over a specific area. Each cell is composed of various habitats defined by a code. (Each habitat consists of 3 parameters, so a habitat code looks like e.g. 1-3-15. There are around 100 different habitats, i.e. max number of combinations of these 3 parameters).
I now try to define clusters according to:
- Number of habitats per cell
- 1st largest habitat covering the cell
- 2nd largest habitat covering the cell and
- Rarest habitat in the cell (I developed a global rarity index for each habitat, and one habitat having the lowest index is chosen per cell).
So the last 3 in the list refer to a specific habitat per cell and the first is more a quantitative measure of how many are in each cell.
Based on this they'd like to perform a cluster analysis, but I am wondering whether there is a mix up btw categotrial and quantitative data.
Could anyone please give some advise on what to method to use, e.g. in R?
Thanks,
Ralph
Struggling a bit here, hope I chose the right forum place.
I am trying to cluster cells (1x1km) over a specific area. Each cell is composed of various habitats defined by a code. (Each habitat consists of 3 parameters, so a habitat code looks like e.g. 1-3-15. There are around 100 different habitats, i.e. max number of combinations of these 3 parameters).
I now try to define clusters according to:
- Number of habitats per cell
- 1st largest habitat covering the cell
- 2nd largest habitat covering the cell and
- Rarest habitat in the cell (I developed a global rarity index for each habitat, and one habitat having the lowest index is chosen per cell).
So the last 3 in the list refer to a specific habitat per cell and the first is more a quantitative measure of how many are in each cell.
Based on this they'd like to perform a cluster analysis, but I am wondering whether there is a mix up btw categotrial and quantitative data.
Could anyone please give some advise on what to method to use, e.g. in R?
Thanks,
Ralph