| Main Title |
Multidimensional scaling / |
| Author |
Kruskal, Joseph B., ;
Wish, Myron
|
| Publisher |
Sage Publications, |
| Year Published |
1978 |
| OCLC Number |
03803952 |
| ISBN |
0803909403; 9780803909403 |
| Subjects |
Scaling (Social sciences) ;
Multivariate Analysis ;
Multidimensionale Skalierung ;
Multivariate Analyse ;
Multidimensionale schaalmethoden ;
Sociale wetenschappen
|
| Additional Subjects |
Multidimensional scaling ;
Social sciences--Statistical methods
|
| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELBM |
HA33.K78 1978 |
|
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
01/01/1988 |
|
| Collation |
93 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-87). |
| Contents Notes |
1. Basic concepts of multidimensional scaling -- Some methods for obtaining proximities data -- Relationship between the proximities and the spatial distances -- Notation and terminology -- Different types of MDS -- Defining an objective function -- Computational procedures -- Looking at the scatter diagram -- 2. Interpretation of the configuration -- Application to perceptions of nations -- Linear regression for dimensional interpretation -- Neighborhood interpretation of MDS configurations -- Embedding other information in the MDS configuration -- 3. Dimensionality -- Goodness-of-fit -- Other considerations concerning dimensionality -- 4. Three-way multidimensional scaling -- The INDSCAL model -- INDSCAL analysis of the nation similarities data -- Fitting the friendship ratings into the similarities space -- INDSCAL analysis of profile proximities -- 5. Preparing the input for multidimensional scaling -- Preprocessing of data -- Metric versus nonmetric MDS, and transformation of the proximities -- Some available computer programs for MDS. Annotation. |
| Place Published |
Beverly Hills, Calif. : |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c1978. |
| Series Title Untraced |
Sage university paper: Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-011 |
| Document Type |
BC |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/U |
| LCCN |
77093286 |
| Merged OCLC records |
3852858; 456511118; 877091845; 1088456938 |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
