Multidimensional Scaling - History, Theory, and Applications

This outstanding presentation of the fundamentals of multidimensional scaling illustrates the applicability of MDS to a wide variety of disciplines. The first two sections provide ground work in the history and theory of MDS. The final section applies MDS techniques to such diverse fields as physics, marketing, and political science.

List of contents

Contents: F.W. Young, Part I: History. Introduction. History. F.W. Young, Part II: Theory. Data Theory. Axiomatic Foundations. Unweighted Distance Models. Weighted Distance Models. Part III: Applications. J.A. Cameron, Nuclear Physics: Pattern Recognition in Nuclear Gamma-ray Spectra. L.M. Collins, Sociometry: Deriving Sociograms via Asymmetric Multidimensional Scaling. D.L. Hoffman, W.D. Perreault, Jr., Market Research: Consumer Preference and Perception. D.V. Easterling, Political Science: Using the Generalized Euclidian Model to Study Ideological Shifts in the U.S. Senate. M.R. Jones, R. MacCallum, Psychology: An Application of Principal Directions Scaling to Auditory Pattern Perception. B.H. Forsyth, Psychology: The Subjective Attributes of Natural Categories -- An Application of a Constrained Generalized Euclidian Model.

About the author

Forrest W. Young, Robert M.Hamer

Product details

• Authors: Robert M. Hamer, Forrest W. Young, Young Forrest W.
• Assisted by: Robert M. Hamer (Editor), Hamer Robert M. (Editor), Forrest W. Young (Editor), Young Forrest W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1987
• EAN: 9780898596632
• ISBN: 978-0-89859-663-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Weight: 620 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement, Psychological testing & measurement, Psychological testing and measurement