st: kmeans clustering -initial starting points

[Alp Eren Yurtseven <aeren.yurtseven@tubitak.gov.tr>]

Hi,

I am quite new to STATA and I have a question about kmeans clustering. A 
combination of hierarchical and non-hierarchical techniques is advised 
in the literature (Punj and Stewart, 1983; de Jong and Marsili, 2006). 
This literature suggests generating initial solutions using the Ward's 
method and then employ the centroids in the kmeans clustering as  
starting points. I checked out the start option but keep getting syntax 
errors. I would be most glad if I could get an insight on how to combine 
these two methods.

Regards

Alp Eren Yurtseven
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