MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences Series, No 11)

Kruskal, Joseph B.; & Wish, Myron

ISBN 10: 0803909403 / ISBN 13: 9780803909403

Published by Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, CA, 1978

About this Item

BRAND NEW Copy with PO name to lower text edge. Monograph. Set of mathematical techniques to explain the "hidden structure" of data bases. First published 1978, copyright held by Bell Laboratories. 5 chapters: 1, Basic Concepts of Multidimensional Scaling (MDS); 2, Interpretation of the Configuration; 3, Dimensionalty; 4, Three-way Multidimensional Scaling; and, 5, Preparing the Input for Multidimensional Scaling, followed by 5 appendices. Fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences Series, No 11)
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, CA
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803909403
• ISBN 13: 9780803909403
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition, 11th Printing of 1984
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematics, Arithmetic, Numbers

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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