Table 5 Values of the absolute difference between the estimated and the known number of clusters across the correlation matrices for 24 variables and 96 objects

1

1.008

1.011

1.055

1.078

1.213

1.528

2.246

1.850

2.382

2.320

1.147

1.153

1.011

2

1.011

1.024

1.064

1.076

1.195

2.665

2.250

1.885

2.320

2.348

0.009

0.009

1.021

3

1.018

1.013

1.070

1.088

1.221

1.674

2.285

1.829

2.369

2.344

0.037

0.037

0.988

4

0.987

0.988

0.923

0.849

0.840

1.024

0.435

0.871

0.571

0.711

2.834

2.999

1.013

5

0.982

0.994

0.936

0.908

0.845

0.962

0.424

0.947

0.550

0.695

0.790

0.307

1.008

6

0.989

0.979

0.933

0.820

0.844

1.083

0.432

0.901

0.572

0.703

2.935

2.971

1.011

7

0.011

0.012

0.067

0.137

0.206

0.614

1.254

0.838

1.369

1.360

0.760

2.634

0.318

8

0.015

0.008

0.067

0.138

0.212

0.585

1.314

0.882

1.422

1.366

0.650

2.689

0.346

9

1.014

1.016

1.050

1.133

1.198

1.562

2.250

1.902

2.365

2.320

1.163

1.163

0.981

10

1.011

1.015

1.078

1.083

1.215

1.547

2.277

1.893

2.378

2.330

1.035

1.037

1.009

11

0.023

0.020

0.094

0.741

0.231

0.571

1.226

0.981

1.373

1.308

0.050

0.049

0.350

12

0.016

0.017

0.068

0.232

0.205

0.503

1.244

0.816

1.359

1.285

0.025

0.025

0.372

13

1.983

1.985

1.920

1.597

1.779

1.634

0.875

1.497

0.839

0.951

0.878

0.881

2.006

14

1.987

1.988

1.936

1.834

1.809

1.663

0.866

1.515

0.819

0.945

1.152

1.043

2.006

15

0.983

0.988

0.928

0.805

0.831

0.942

0.410

0.861

0.554

0.699

1.853

1.858

1.033

16

0.987

0.987

0.922

0.878

0.824

0.892

0.406

0.910

0.529

0.693

1.444

1.772

1.005

Average

0.877

0.878

0.882

0.900

0.917

1.216

1.262

1.274

1.361

1.399

1.048

1.289

0.967