Hierarchical Cluster Analysis or PCA?

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Imran Anwar

@Yusuf Below thread on Research Gate might help your cause👇🏼

https://www.researchgate.net/post/The_difference_between_principal_component_analysis_PCA_and_HCA_hierarchical_cluster_analysis

Busari Yusuf

@Michelangelo Misuraca @ Imran Anwar.Thanks a bunch. Your answers would guide me.

Maryam Sami

Greetings

you can use one of them and the result will be good

Chinaza Godswill Awuchi

Check https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924224417306362

Also check http://www.sthda.com/english/articles/31-principal-component-methods-in-r-practical-guide/117-hcpc-hierarchical-clustering-on-principal-components-essentials/

Kiprotich Kiptum

Hello Yusuf,

Cluster is good according to this paper.

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/3/781/pdf