Average of data-points

Question

I am trying to solve clustering problem. After step 1 i.e putting each data-point to a cluster now I want to calculate the mean or average of all of the data-points in a specific cluster. let suppose I have some data-points like A(2,3), B(4,5), C(6,7), D(8,9) in a cluster. How can I calculate their average?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '18 at 20:29

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One of 2 ways, depending on what you need.

Average of points is a point

If so, then average each coordinate separately to get the center of mass $C$

Average of points is a number

You can then compute average distance from the center of mass $C$ above, or compute all pairwise distances in the cluster and average those.

answered Jan 05 '18 at 20:29

gt6989b

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I have calculated like this please do have a look and tell me is it okay? [{(2+4+6+8)/4},{(3+5+7+9)/4}=(5,6) – Roshni Amber Jan 05 '18 at 20:34
@ZeeshanNisar this is the first way in my answer – gt6989b Jan 06 '18 at 23:18

Average of data-points

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