What information is contained in the object returned by the R kmeans function?

Reasoning, step by step

1. Run the kmeans function on a dataset.
2. Inspect the returned object.
3. Identify the clustering vector, which assigns each data point to a cluster.
4. Identify the cluster means, which provide the coordinates of each cluster's center.

Example

The speaker explains that the resulting kmeans object contains valuable information, including a cluster assignment for each data point and the coordinate location of each cluster's center.

Common misconceptions

• Thinking the object only contains the final cluster labels.
• Assuming the cluster centers are not included in the output object.

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