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January 15, 2021

What is WCSS?

WCSS is an abbreviation for Within Cluster Sum of Squares. It measures how similar the points within a cluster are using variance as the metric. It is the sum of squared distances of all dats points, within a cluster, with each other. in other words,  WCSS is the sum of squared distances of each data point in all clusters to their respective centroids.

by : Monis Khan

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WCSS is an abbreviation for Within Cluster Sum of Squares. It measures how similar the points within a cluster are using variance as the metric. It is the sum of squared distances of all dats points, within a cluster, with each other. in other words,  WCSS is the sum of squared distances of each data […]