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Figure: Cluster Analysis 2

Cluster analysis was performed using Statistica 99.

This chart compares nuclear tests in terms of production of radionuclides. Nuclear tests that produced similar radionuclide spectrums are grouped more closely together than are those that produced different spectrums. This cluster method uses the Euclidian Distance method to determine similarities and differences between the variables. This is similar to Cluster Chart 1, but presented in a slightly different manner.

RANGER = Ranger series 1951; BJ = Buster-Jangle Series 1951; TS = Tumbler-Snapper Series 1952; UK= Upshot-Knothole Seies, 1953; TP = Teapot Series 1955; PB = Plumbbob Series 1957. SEDAN = shot SEDAN, detonated July 8, 1962. Number values refer to the number of the individual test in the series. For example, TP6TFA refers to the Total Fallout values for the sixth test in the 1955 nuclear test series code-named Teapot.




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