Representation of Structure in Similarity Data: Problems and Prospects.

Shepard, Roger N.

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Representation of Structure in Similarity Data: Problems and Prospects

Shepard, Roger N.

Psychometrika, 39, 4, 373-421, Dec 74

Six major problems confronting attempts to use nonmetric multidimensional scaling to represent structures underlying similarity data are identified and the author's prospects for over-coming each of these problems are presented. (RC)

Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Goodness of Fit, Matrices, Multidimensional Scaling, Nonparametric Statistics, Research Problems

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