Applied Multidimensional Scaling

• Main Authors: Borg, Ingwer (Author), Groenen, Patrick J. F. (Author), Mair, Patrick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Statistics,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Mathematics.; Visualization.; Social sciences.; Psychology.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.; Psychology, general.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

This book introduces MDS as a psychological model and as a data analysis technique for the applied researcher. It also discusses, in detail, how to use two MDS programs, Proxscal (a module of SPSS) and Smacof (an R-package). The book is unique in its orientation on the applied researcher, whose prim...

Table of Contents:

• First Steps
• The Purpose of MDS
• The Goodness of an MDS Solution
• Proximities
• Variants of Different MDS Models
• Confirmatory MDS
• Typical Mistakes in MDS
• MDS Algorithms
• Computer Programs for MDS.