Start implementing k-means and LCA

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The goal for these next few weeks is to begin performing the analysis and get a handle on the methods portion of the paper.

Topics

You will be touching on the following topics.

  • Applying k-means to clinical data
  • Implmenting an LCA analysis
  • Replicating results from a paper
  • Presenting your preliminary replication findings

Tasks

  • Continue to familairize yourself with the domain as needed. Domain Expertise Page
  • Complete implementing k-means and LCA analysis, check out some of the resources I have to help learn about LCA (resources page)
  • Take another look at the capstone paper, specifically the methods section.
  • Each group will put together a short (~6-8 slides) presentation on the results of their k-means clusrtering and LCA analysis

Mini Presentation

Make sure your short presentation addresses the following questions

  1. What results have you obtained from applying k-means clustering to the data?
  2. What was the result of your LCA analysis?
  3. Discuss your attempt at replication, what challanges have you faced, what victories have you had?
  4. How do these results compare with those reported in the paper so far?