Multidimensional Scaling (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)

Kruskal, Joseph; Wish, Myron

ISBN 10: 0803909403 / ISBN 13: 9780803909403

Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 1978

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multidimensional Scaling (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803909403
• ISBN 13: 9780803909403
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Outlines a set of techniques that enable a researcher to discuss the "hidden structure" of large data bases. These techniques use proximities, measures which indicate how similar or different objects are, to find a configuration of points which reflects the structure in the data.

About the Author

Interests, Activities, Kudos

    multidimensional scaling
    minimum spanning trees
    clustering
    statistical linguistics
    Past President of the Psychometric Society
    Past President of the Classification Society of North America
    Fellow of ASA
    Fellow of AAAS