factors (assignment 3 )

[jovanajovicbonnet]

Hi are factors (for the first question, part 5 of the assignment 3) represent groups or original questions ? Thanks a lot.

[GuillaumeBot]

Hi @jovanajovicbonnet,

I am not sure what part 5 are you referring to? Can you copy/paste the question in this post? I think we are supposed to work on part 1 & 2 only says the course outline: Assignment 03: Boats (A): A Segmentation Case You should work only on Parts 1 and 2 of the segmentation template document we use in class.

Guillaume

[VioletaArgyropoulou]

Hi Jovana,

I'd say factors represent group OF original questions. They are derived questions really that represent the key meaning from that group of questions.

Violeta

[GuillaumeBot]

Hi @jovanajovicbonnet

Now that I had the class, I know what you are talking about :) The factors are basically the "columns" ("Comp.1, Comp.2, etc.). The objective is to see if let's say for Comp.1 grouping customer with high ranking of questions 27, 28, 16 , etc. make a business sense. If yes, then keep the question with the highest number (e.g. Q1.27) as a "summary" of Comp.1 and carry on the clustering with this information.

That way you keep the "interpretability" of your result.

Hope it helps...

Guillaume

[jovanajovicbonnet]

It doest help. Thanks a lot @GuillaumeBot and @VioletaArgyropoulou. @GuillaumeBot if I understand you well, one factor is equal to one question (the "summary" question), right?

[GuillaumeBot]

Yes. First a factor is a combination of questions with various weights, but for the assignment, it will be assimilated to the "summary" question as you wrote.