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Multidimensional Scaling

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Handbook of Multivariate Experimental Psychology

Part of the book series: Perspectives on Individual Differences ((PIDF))

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During the past 30 years, multidimensional scaling (MDS) has grown from a basic and clearly defined theory and method into a vast array of techniques and applications arising in a wide range of disciplines. Though it is now often difficult to discern where MDS leaves off and other things begin, it is still possible to identify a class of procedures which clearly fall in the category of MDS and which have a common purpose. That purpose is to represent and provide a basis for understanding the structure inherent in certain types of data involving judgments about stimuli.

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MacCallum, R. (1988). Multidimensional Scaling. In: Nesselroade, J.R., Cattell, R.B. (eds) Handbook of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0893-5_13

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