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APPENDIX C – ADDITIONAL HCA AND DENDROGRAMS/MDS

Figure 7: Alternative Dendrogram - hc9
Cluster Dendrogram; a hierarchical tree with colored branches rising from many rotated item labels and merging at increasing Height values

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The chart is titled “Cluster Dendrogram.” Its vertical axis is Height. Colored branches rise from many item labels along the baseline and merge into larger hierarchical groups at increasing heights; dashed outlines indicate lower-level groupings across the tree.

Figure 8: Alternative MDS Plot for hc9
Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) Plot with annotated colored points across Dimension 1 and Dimension 2 and a Cluster legend

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The chart is titled “Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) Plot with Clusters.” The axes are Dimension 1 and Dimension 2. Colored, annotated points span the lower-left, center, and right portions of the plot, with a separate group higher on Dimension 2; the legend at right identifies clusters 1 through 7.