Cluster analysis on two columns that contain name of person in R
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I am a beginner in R. I have to do cluster analysis in data that contains two columns with name of persons. I converted it in data frame but it is character type. To use dist() function the data frame must be numeric. example of my data:
 Interviewed.Type                 interviewed.Relation.Type
1. An1 Xuan 2. An2 The 3. An3 Ngoc 4. Bui Thi 5. ANT feed 7. Bach Thi 8. Gian1 Thi 9. Lan5 Thi . . . 1100. Xung Van
I will be grateful for your help.
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