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Interesting sub-text at last week's excellent conference when people started talking about big data - it seems that statisticians don't like methods based on algorithms. Now cluster analysis which has been around for more than 40 years is algorithm based, albeit that the mathematical basis of it is accessible in a way that the coding schemes of learning algorithms are not, and has in my view been far too little used in exploratory data analysis. Is that also down to a prejudice against algorithms? David Byrne Ph.D., FAcSS see my recent book: Class after Industry: a complex realist approach https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030026431 ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk. *******************************************************