How to Use and Visualize K-Means Clustering in R

Learn to use and visualize K-Means Cluster Analysis in R with the 2020 Economic Freedom Index Data from The Heritage Foundation

Tyler Harris
Towards Data Science
8 min readJan 19, 2021

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Cluster plot image made with K-Means and R | Image by Author
Cluster plot image made with K-Means and R | Image by Author

Objectives

  1. Use K-Means Clustering Algorithm in R
  2. Determine the right amount of clusters

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