What is the purpose of the Elbow Method when applied to k-means clustering?

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What is the purpose of the Elbow Method when applied to k-means clustering?

Key points

  • It involves plotting within-cluster inertia against the number of clusters.
  • The inflection point where inertia reduction slows down indicates the optimal k.
  • This method helps avoid overfitting or underfitting the data.

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