Change the appearance or content of a cluster analysis diagram


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Change the diagram type

NVivo provides the following diagram types: 2D and 3D Cluster Maps; Horizontal and Vertical Dendrograms, and circle graphs. Refer to About cluster analysis for more information on the types of cluster analysis diagrams.

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Zoom in or out of a diagram

To quickly zoom in or out:

  1. On the Status bar, click the Zoom slider. ui_zoom.gif

  2. Slide to the percentage zoom setting that you want.

To choose a particular zoom setting:

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Rotate a 3D Diagram

The 3D Cluster Map represents the similarities of the selected items in a three-dimensional space. You can rotate the diagram to view it from a different perspective.

Shortcut  You can also click and drag your mouse to rotate the 3D diagram.

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Show more (or fewer) lines in a circle graph

When you create a circle graph only items with strong similarity are connected by lines in the graph.  

If the graph has no lines, or you want to show more lines (for example, you want to see weak as well as strong similarity), you can adjust the filters which determine the number of lines shown in the graph.

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Change the items displayed on the diagram

  1. On the Cluster Analysis tab, in the Options group, click Select Data.

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The Cluster Analysis Options dialog box opens.

  1. Click Select, and then add or remove items using the Select Project Items dialog box.

  2. (Optional) Change other options, as required—refer to About cluster analysis (Cluster by word, coding or attribute value similarity) or About cluster analysis (Selecting a similarity metric) for more information.

  3. Click OK.

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Change the number of clusters in the diagram

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