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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782411103321

Titolo

Proximity and preference [[electronic resource] ] : problems in the multidimensional analysis of large data sets / / Reginald G. Golledge, John N. Rayner, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1982

ISBN

0-8166-6865-5

0-8166-6263-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GolledgeReginald G. <1937->

RaynerJohn N

Disciplina

910

Soggetti

Geographical perception

Space perception

Multidimensional scaling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Experimental design and measurement problems -- pt. 2. Preference functions and choice behavior -- pt. 3. Special problems.

Sommario/riassunto

How does one design experiments for collecting large volumes of data such as those needed for marketing surveys, studies of travel patterns, and public opinion polls? This is a common problem for social and behavioral scientists. The papers in this collection address the problems of working with large data sets primarily from the perspectives of geography and psychology, two fields that share a common quantitative research methodology. After an introductory paper on substantive and methodological aspects of the interface between geography and psychology, the book is divided into three sections